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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| e8f8e7c | it's unsportsmanlike to engage in a battle of wits with anyone who is obviously unarmed. | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| a9663f8 | The cranks are always with us," Qwilleran said, "hiding behind trees, peeking around corners, going about in disguise, and plotting their selfish little schemes." | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 495fe95 | certain element--a few crazies--that don't have anything to do. They shot out two streetlights on Goodwinter Boulevard last night. When I was a kid we smashed pumpkins and strung trees with toilet paper on Halloween, but this new generation does it all year round. | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| f8452bb | I'm a gypsy at heart," Qwilleran said. "Home is where I hang my toothbrush and where the cats have their commode. See you tonight." | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 88bf89b | Do you mind living alone?" she asked. "I've tried it both ways," he replied, "and I know it can be a letdown to come home to an empty apartment, but now I have the Siamese to greet me at the door. They're good companions; they need me; they're always happy to see me come home. On the other hand, they're always glad to see me go out--one of the things that cats do to keep a person from feeling too important." | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 064a72a | He also entered a bookstore called "Books 'n' Stuff," that stocked more videos and greeting cards than books. Furthermore, its supermarket lighting and background music discouraged browsing. Qwilleran had his own ideas about the correct ambiance for a bookstore: dim, quiet, and slightly dusty." | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 2658161 | She also managed to win a citywide spelling bee, beating out students at all the other Negro schools in Jacksonville. "I received an atlas of the world and a Bible as prizes," she recalled, "besides so much lemonade and cake that I told President Collier that I could feel it coming through my skin. He had such a big laugh that I made up my mind to hurry up and get grown and marry him." Decades" | Valerie Boyd | ||
| 995dc8b | Empowerment comes from precision, precision, precision; from language that harpoons the exact meaning, the nuance, for the intended audience. | Arthur Plotnik | ||
| 7c0d52f | We're human. We have emotions and those are sticky and confusing and rarely logical so we do stupid things.' She shrugged, and turned off the car. 'Welcome to the human race. You'll make many more mistakes before your life is done. Accept it, deal with it, and move on. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 770bc78 | I brought the best of the gowns I found yesterday, but they all need work. I never got to repairing them yesterday what with running between ye and the merchant," she added apologetically. "No, of course you did not," Annabel said with understanding as she pushed the door closed. " 'Tis all right. Surely we can get one ready by noon?" "Aye," Seonag agreed, sounding relieved that she wasn't angry. A sigh from the bed made them both glance th.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 7a4d92a | I am fine," Lucern muttered as she settled him into a chair. He found her concern rather annoying. If she was too nice to him, he might feel guilted into being nice back." | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 285c966 | Husband," she protested. "I can ride. I am not hurt." "Yer gown is torn and bloodied and ye've added yet another bruise to yer pretty face. Do no' tell me yer no' hurt," he said grimly, shifting her about before him until she was pressed snugly up against his groin. Satisfied with her position, he then gestured for the others to follow, and turned his horse toward the castle." | Lynsay Sands | ||
| cfe4a2f | funny thing about people. The ones who seem strong and mouth off the most, or bully others, are usually the ones most terrified and weakest inside. And the ones who seem quiet and speak their fears, appearing the weakest, are often the strongest under it all. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 1a183e3 | Yer in a fou' mood for someone newly married to the sweet young lass ye've just brought home." The words startled a wry laugh from Ross. "Sweet young lass? I thought her being English convinced ye she was Devil's spawn," he pointed out dryly and reminded him, "Ye were the one saying I should no' marry her because she was the second daughter." "Aye, well I did no' ken her then, did I?" Gilly said with a faint smile. "But by the second day .. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| bbd96d5 | His gaze was locked on the young woman approaching beside Lady Withram. Short, no more than five feet, with a pretty face, shiny, long, wavy midnight hair and more curves than his shield. He noted all that in an instant, his eyes traveling with appreciation over each asset before settling on her eyes. They were a color he'd never seen before in eyes, a combination of pale blue and green, almost teal with a darker rim circling the unusual ir.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 4edeb55 | so little time to enjoy all that life and the world had to offer. Why would they waste even a moment of their precious time on someone who didn't appreciate and treat them well? | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 6e06337 | Si." Abigail eyed him with exasperation. "Stop saying si. Explain. Honestly, it's times like this your communication skills--" A kiss ended her irritated rant quite effectively." | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 01b975a | Finally," the other man sighed impatiently. "Really, the two of you are quite tiresome. First, she shows up instead of you, then you come early. I told you midnight-can neither of you read? Nice frock, by the way," he sneered, turning to stomp toward the door. "You have a little over six hours until midnight. Enjoy them. The shall be the last you have together." "Bastard," Charlie hissed as the door closed behind him, then turned to look do.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 59d0e14 | Dante was young enough to be her son . . . maybe even her grandson. She had no business responding to him at all. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 0d6a77b | If nothing else, she would certainly keep him entertained the rest of his days, and not just in the bedchamber. Somewhat reassured by that thought, Daniel turned back to Richard and Langley as he finished with his cravat, and then grimaced when he saw Langley's glowering look. "We are getting married," he announced at once to forestall any outraged accusations the man might be nurturing at that moment. "You've decided for certain, have you?.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| b137c5e | He too had recognized the three faces pressed to the window as the coach had sailed past. He shook his head as the Radnor carriage rode out of sight around the next bend. It had been Suzette, Christiana, and Lisa, all gaping out the window at them. "I did tell you they would not take our leaving sitting down," Langley pointed out, sounding amused. "You didn't say they would follow," Daniel said dryly. Langley laughed and shrugged. "Why spoi.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| ed927d4 | Little minx," he whispered. Smile widening, Suzette shifted and wiggled about on top of him again, inadvertantly leaning her breasts briefly closer to his face as she appeared to try to find a more comfortable position. He suspected the action was more to torture him than out of any true desire to get more comfortable and was proven correct when she murmured, "This reminds me of the first time we were alone in a carriage together,my lord." .. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 28b6806 | Daniel was quite pleased with her breathless and flustered state when she straightened, and was satisfied that he'd just established that two could play at her torture game. Unfortunately, in the next moment that contentment gave way to shock when Suzette proved that she was better at it than he was, by using the basket as cover as she dropped one hand down, slit it beneath her bottom and squeezed him through his trousers. It was then Danie.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 54010be | It was not a good-morning kiss, Suzette decided as his tongue slid out to urge her lips open. At least it wasn't to her. Good-morning kisses, in her mind, were sweet pecks. This was more of a good-morning, good-afternoon and good-evening kiss all in one, she thought as his mouth devoured hers. Or perhaps it was more of an "I want to throw you in the straw, toss up your skirts and have my wicked way with you kind of kiss," she decided as his.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 01c9d91 | What the devil happened to you?" Richard asked with amazement as he led Robert to the bed. "I was shot," Daniel said. Richard frowned, but Robert snapped, "It was probably the Fates punishing you." "Punishing me for what?" he asked with surprise. "For breaking Suzette's heart," he growled. "She was crushed when she got your letter." | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 47fe26a | I don't love him," Suzette muttered. Lisa looked at her with patent disbelief. "Suzette, you have been following the man around like a puppy for days now. And if you do not love him, you are certainly doing a very good impression of heartbreak." | Lynsay Sands | ||
| beda4cd | It was your first time?" Her head snapped up, eyes stabbing her sister. "Of course it was," Lisa backtracked at once, and then said, "Well, Fanny must have been wrong then. Or perhaps it is different for everyone." Suzette shook her head with disgust. "If you, who have known me all my life and I have not been keeping company with men before this, doubts me, why would he not? He probably thinks I have been with half the royal navy." "Why w.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 5f12ed1 | You horrible, horrible man!" Lisa yelled. "How could you even show your face here, you bounder?" Christiana snapped. "You vile debaucher of innocents," Lisa added. "She loved you, you cad!" "You've broken her heart! You should be shot for toying with her that way!" | Lynsay Sands | ||
| edd78f3 | Let's be quick. I should like to catch up to them before they marry and I am forced to make Suzette a widow. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 4da7b31 | In the next moment, Danvers began to recite the Lord's prayer, which was rather sacrilegious to her mind considering that she suspected he'd burst into flames if he dared enter a church, but she wasn't going to complain. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 3ae9573 | How the devil did he get himself caught?" "By being no brighter than you," Suzette snapped before her father could answer. "God, you are a fishwife," Jeremy said with disgust and then muttered to himself, "It figures Dicky would marry sweet little mousy Christiana himself and stick me with the sister who was a harpy." | Lynsay Sands | ||
| b22110d | Leave it to him to fall in love with probably the only female in all of England who would refuse to marry him because he had wealth, he thought with disgust as he stomped inside. Honestly, he did always seem to choose the hardest route to everything. So, of course, he would find himself in love with the most difficult woman he could probably find. But if Suzette thought she was going to back out of this wedding, she had another think coming.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 151394d | If he had any sense of honor at all, the man would have stayed dead." "Unfortunately, it appears he was merely unconscious," Daniel murmured. He was becoming quite certain George was dead. This might greaty simplify matters, or at least it would if Richard was willing to uphold the marriage to Christiana...and really, Daniel was beginning to think that would be the most honorable thing to do here. While he didn't think much of their looking.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| a6e2f23 | However,he also found himself constantly stalked by marriage-minded mamas and their braying daughters, and, frankly, while he'd thought it rather amusing in a twisted way when he'd been poor and knew they were getting no bargain, Daniel now found it vastly annoying. He was more than a stallion for stud with a bag of gold between his legs. And as entertaining as Suzette was, he didn't appreciate her interest in him being based only on his we.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 08633f6 | I suppose it means that I will be free to travel with my maid, or to live in the country while you are in town, or I may live in town while you are in the country if I wish. I mean if I find your company...er...unpleasant." "I see," Daniel said dryly. "And if we are always apart, how exactly are we to gain heirs?" "Oh." Suzette flushed. "Well, I suppose we could arrange for occasional visits for...er...procreative purposes." "Occasional vis.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| d15e008 | They'd managed to make it through the room without waking the maid, and all the way to the top of the stairs before the next problem had arisen in the form of the women returning from the ball and entering the foyer below. In a panic, Daniel and Richard had rushed back along the upper hall, and then ducked into this room to wait for the way to be clear. "We'd best move while we have the chance," Richard said behind him. "Once they have Chr.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 38d6370 | Is this true?" Suzette asked, sounding like a suspicious nanny. It was a tone Daniel had heard often as a child, though from his mother, not a nanny. They hadn't been able to afford a nanny. Oddly enough, he suddenly found himself imagining Suzette as that nonexistent nanny, though really the gown he pictured her in as that nanny was nothing a respectable nanny would wear and covered less than it revealed as she approached him in his mind w.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 34e66ee | Life was too damned short to constantly push your own desires down and always do what others wanted. On | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 8ae3df1 | Oh, ta ra," Clarissa said lightly. "In retrospect I suppose it is all rather funny--though I doubt that Lydia would agree." Adrian's humor ended there, and he arched one eyebrow in displeasure, though she could not see it. "Forgive me for saying so, my lady, but your stepmother sounds to be a rather nasty old cow." "Oh!" Clarissa said, dismayed. "Oh, you must not say that. Ever." "Why not?" he asked with careless amusement. "I am not afr.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 9f52fa4 | What?" Clarissa glanced blankly at the dark blur beside her. "Keep your eyes closed, and you will not lose your balance," the man suggested, and she saw his hand move closer to her. He was offering it so that she would rise. Clarissa opened her mouth to refuse, then paused as his hand suddenly enclosed hers, sending a shock of sensation racing up her arm. It was such an odd feeling--excitement, wild excitement--coursing across her flesh. .. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 639f7df | How you convince her to remarry you?" Tomas asked curiously, drawing Radcliffe from his thoughts. Making a face, he admitted, "I had to draw up a contract stating that I would never again condescend to her. That I would discuss business with her on a daily basis were she interested, and..." "And?" He sighed unhappily. "And that I would take her to my club dressed as a man." Tomas gave a start. "What?" "Shh," Radcliffe cautioned, glancing .. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| b916768 | Love is love and shouldn't upset anyone. So what else are they thinking about when they get upset at your partner preferences?" she asked reasonably, and then answered the question herself. "Their minds are in your pants and on what you do. And while they're welcome to bury their brain in their own pants, they have no business in yours." | Lynsay Sands | ||
| a809eda | I hardly think my berating you wildly when I arrived at the hotel was subtle behavior." "No?" Thomas grinned. "You berated me in Portuguese. For all I knew you were telling me I was the sexiest thing you'd seen in your life." "In your dreams," Inez chuckled." | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 8b3a6c7 | Regret and guilt are useless emotions that hold ye in a past that's already gone . . . and if there's one thing I've learned, it's that allowing yerself to be dragged down by the past helps no one. It jest keeps ye from ha'ing both feet in the present where ye should be. | Lynsay Sands |