Judith McNaught Quotes - Page 3

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• I want more from life than that and I have more to give.

  Judith McNaught

  Giving, Want

  Judith McNaught (2016). “Once and Always”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• I do not believe that grief is ever so great that it can not be contained within.

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  Grief, Believe, Bereavement

  Judith McNaught (2016). “Once and Always”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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• What hap­pens to me if this slip­per fits?" "I turn you into a hand­some frog.

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  Hands, Frogs, Fit

  Judith McNaught (2016). “Double Standards”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• God help me if I ever injure my back," Clayton quipped. "God help you if you ever turn it," Whitney snapped, "for there'll surely be some heartbroken papa or cuckolded husband ready with a knife--if I don't murder you first.

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  Heartbroken, Husband, Knives

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• She wept with shame for her lack of will and with fear for a love she couldn't control.

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  Shame

  Judith McNaught (2016). “Perfect”, p.348, Simon and Schuster

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• Now they are empty, Ramon replied with a shrug of broad, muscled shoulders on his six-foot-three-inch frame....For the first time, a glint of humor touched Ramon Galverra's finely sculpted mouth and arrogant dark eyes.

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  Eye, Dark, Feet

  Judith McNaught (2016). “Tender Triumph”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• Love" and all the obsessive behaviors associated with it, was an absurd emotion.

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  Emotion, Behavior, Absurd

  Judith McNaught (2016). “Whitney, My Love”, Simon and Schuster

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• Some of the most unkind,judgmental people I've ever known go to church every Sunday and read the Bible. I don't know how some people are able to disassociate their own cruelty and shortcomings from their religious obligations and convictions, but many are able to do that.

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  Religious, Sunday, People

  Judith McNaught (2003). “Someone to Watch Over Me”

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• How am I doing so far?" she asked, forcing a cheerful lightness into her voice. "You're doing very well," Nick's lazy voice mocked. "I'm half convinced that I'm invisible.

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  Voice, Lazy, Cheerful

  Judith McNaught (2016). “Double Standards”, p.148, Simon and Schuster

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• Nor is he man enough to make a woman of you.

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  Men, Enough, He Man

  Judith McNaught (2016). “Whitney, My Love”, Simon and Schuster

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• Behold your new mistress, my wife," he pronounced, "and know that when she bids you, I have bidden you. What service you render her, you are rendering me. What loyalty you give or withhold from her, you give or withhold from me!" -Royce Westmoreland

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  Loyalty, Giving, Wife

  Judith McNaught (1991). “A Kingdom of Dreams”, p.289, Simon and Schuster

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• Jennifer Merrick had stored all her tears inside her, and her pride and courage would never permit her to break down and shed them.

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  Pride, Tears, Down And

  Judith McNaught (2016). “A Kingdom of Dreams”, p.174, Simon and Schuster

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• If I had a hundred kingdoms, I would trade them all for you, my dearest love. I was nothing until you.

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  Kingdoms, Hundred, Trade

  Judith McNaught (2016). “Until You”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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• Matt: I know you can cook. Meredith: What makes you so sure? Matt: Because less than an hour ago, you set me on fire.

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  Fire, Hours, Cooks

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• They’re going to ask what you said. And if I tell Mr. Twindell you said heaven will be like this, he’ll be very disappointed. He’s counting, you know, on gold streets and angels and horses with wings.” “I see where that could be a problem,” Ian agreed, and he tenderly laid his hand against his son’s cheek. “In that case, you can tell him I said this is almost heaven.

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  Horse, Angel, Son

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• I used to be ashamed And now I am proud. The world once was black And now it is bright. I used to walk head bent And now I stand up tall. I used to have dreams But now I have hope.

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  Dream, Black, World

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• If I ever think you are even considering leaving me again, no matter how good you reasons, I'll have you locked in your rooms and the doors barricaded, so help me God." He lifted her foot and began to dry it. Her voice shaking, Whitney asked, "Will you stay locked in there with me?" He raised her dainty foot to his jaw and tenderly laid his cheek against it, then turned his head and kissed it. "Yes," he whispered. -Clayton Westmoreland

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  Thinking, Doors, Voice

  Judith McNaught (2016). “Whitney, My Love”, p.655, Simon and Schuster

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• Childhood romances always seem so real, so enduring, when we are separated from the object of our affection. But usually, when we return, we find that our dreams and memories quiet surpassed reality. -Lady Anne, Whitney's aunt

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  Dream, Memories, Real

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• Royce Westmoreland stared at him with biting scorn. "I despise hypocrisy, particularly when it is coated with holiness." "May I ask for a specific example?" "Fat priests," Royce replied, "with fat purses, who lecture staving peasants on the dangers of gluttony and the merits of poverty.

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  Hypocrisy, Example, Holiness

  Judith McNaught (2016). “A Kingdom of Dreams”, p.266, Simon and Schuster

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• Either give me your hand, or end it now, and put us both out of our misery

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  Hands, Giving, Misery

  Judith McNaught (2016). “Paradise”, p.676, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't do this to us." He warned, his voice hoarse with angry desperation as he realize he was losing her. "You're letting eleven years of mistrust color everything you've discovered I've done".

  Judith McNaught

  Color, Years, Voice

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• What are you looking at?" Jordan demanded finally, watching her. "A dragon." When he looked bewildered she lifted her arm and pointed to the sky in the southeast. "Right there—that cloud—what do you see when you look at it?" "A fat cloud." Alexandra rolled her eyes at him. "What else do you see?" He was quiet for a moment studying the sky. "Five more fat clouds and three thin ones.

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  Eye, Clouds, Dragons

  Judith McNaught (2016). “Something Wonderful”, p.353, Simon and Schuster

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• Reformed rakes often make the best husbands

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  Husband, Rakes, Best Husband

  Judith McNaught (2016). “Something Wonderful”, p.250, Simon and Schuster

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• Do you know why I married you, Philip?" "Presumably you wanted the financial security and social prestige I could offer." She chuckled at that and shook her head..."I believed," she confessed somberly, "I honestly believed that I had something to offer you too--something you needed. Do you know what it was?" "I can't imagine." "I thought I could teach you how to laugh and enjoy life." Philip and Caroline

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  Laughing, Enjoy Life, Married

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• Which brings me to the question of why we always 'fall' in love. One falls down steps, off ladders, into rivers and down mountains. If love is so wonderful, why don't we soar in love or climb in love?

  Judith McNaught

  Falling In Love, Love Is, Rivers

  Judith McNaught (2016). “Tender Triumph”, p.129, Simon and Schuster

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