Sabrina Jeffries Quotes

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Giving Heart Wife

You can never know too much about writing. If you think you know everything, you're not leaving yourself open to learn. . . . The best writers are always learning, exploring, and trying to improve.

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Writing, Thinking, Leaving

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It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.

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Views, Blind, Point Of View

Sabrina Jeffries (2006). “Only a Duke Will Do”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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Love is taking chances when every rational part of you screams, ‘Don’t risk it.’ Because it’s only when your heart has been ripped open that you get a chance to find the one person capable of making it whole.

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Heart, Love Is, Risk

Sabrina Jeffries (2012). “A Lady Never Surrenders”, p.379, Simon and Schuster

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No disease is more dangerous than a bad husband, for if a woman catches that Pox, she'll languish from it her entire life.

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Husband, Disease, Pox

Sabrina Jeffries (2011). “Sabrina Jeffries - The School for Heiresses Series: Never Seduce a Scoundrel, Only a Duke Will Do, Beware a Scot's Revenge and an excerpt from To Wed a Wild Lord”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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Angel? Angels didn't sit on the lap of wicked scoundrels-not unless they were the fallen kind.

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Angel, Wicked, Lap

Sabrina Jeffries (2015). “The Truth About Lord Stoneville”, p.160, Simon and Schuster

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He smiled his dimpled smile. "Well, I've found something in my heart, my love, and it's you. You fill it up so completely that I don't need anything else." His gaze turned solemn. "I don't want to be the river anymore. I want to be the earth that the tree roots in. And I believe that I can, if you'll be my tree. Will you?" It was too much. She began to cry, though she smiled so he'd know that they were happy tears. "That proposal...is vastly superior...to your last one," she choked out between sobs. "I would very much love to be your tree." -Jarret and Annabel

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Believe, Heart, Roots

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Sometimes the way to a man's heart is through his talleywacker.

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Sex, Food, Heart

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I can promise that even having an imperfect one who loves you is better than having none at all.

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Love You, Promise, Imperfect

Sabrina Jeffries (2012). “'Twas the Night After Christmas”, p.282, Simon and Schuster

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A man is what he is and no fancy lodgings or fine clothes will change that (Daniel Brennan)

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Men, Clothes, Fancy

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Why did Mama say that? Had Papa made her angry again? He made her angry a lot. Gran said it was on account of his "hores." One time Celia asked Nurse what a hore was, and Nurse paddled her and told her that was a bad word. Then why did Papa have them?

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Nurse, Papa, Mama

Sabrina Jeffries (2012). “A Lady Never Surrenders”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

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I love you, Minerva. I love that you believe in me no matter what. I love how you take whatever you see and distill it into your books. I love your clever mind and your generous heart and every inch of your beautiful body. I love you even when you give me heart failure, by risking your life before my very eyes." He smiled tenderly. "I only hope in time I can prove worthy of your love.

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Beautiful, Clever, Believe

Sabrina Jeffries (2011). “How to Woo a Reluctant Lady”, p.333, Simon and Schuster

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I always say that love is like the meat in a pie,” Freddy put in. “The crust is what people see—the practical things that hold a couple together. But love is the important part—without it you’ve got a meatless pie, and what’s the point of that?” “Why, Freddy,” Minerva said, “that was almost profound.

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Couple, Love Is, Pie

Sabrina Jeffries (2011). “How to Woo a Reluctant Lady”, p.147, Simon and Schuster

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A teacher had once told them that men were either beasts, gentlemen, or beasts masquerading as gentlemen. Might there be a fourth category — gentlemen masquerading as beasts?

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Teacher, Men, Gentleman

Jane Feather, Sabrina Jeffries, Julia London (2008). “Snowy Night with a Stranger”, p.157, Simon and Schuster

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It's not your instincts that are the problem. It's your tendency to drown them in a bottle.

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Bottles, Problem, Instinct

Sabrina Jeffries (2010). “A Hellion in Her Bed”, p.262, Simon and Schuster

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How do you know it won't be duels at dawn when you tell him you've accepted my proposal of marriage?" "Don't be ridiculous. He's not that hotheaded. Though I daresay he may try to...er...knock some sense into you. He and Jarret. And possibly Gabe." "Our bargain is looking better and better all the time," he said drily. "I get to fight the Sharpe men while you stand around pretending to care." He came close enough to whisper, "I will definitely require a few kisses of you if that comes to pass, minx." -Giles and Minerva

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Fighting, Kissing, Men

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I suppose if you were inclined to misbehave, you wouldn't exactly tell me the truth anyway." "Darling, you have a brother fond of holding a gun on me, a sister who can shoot anything that moves, two other brothers who've repeatedly threatened to thrash me, and a grandmother who buys off constables. Do you really think I'm fool enough to antagonize them by committing adultery?" It was hard not to smile at that. "An excellent point." "I think so.

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Brother, Moving, Grandmother

Sabrina Jeffries (2011). “How to Woo a Reluctant Lady”, p.203, Simon and Schuster

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I'll join you, sir. You'll need help finding your way about the estate."His lips tightened into a disapproving line. "Begging your pardon, Lady Rosalind, but I didn't have a nursemaid when I was three, so I certainly don't need one now. I'm perfectly capable of navigating an estate alone.""I'm sure you are - indeed, you demonstrated a remarkable proficiency for it last night, and in a strange house, too.

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Night, Nurse, House

Sabrina Jeffries (2009). “A Dangerous Love”, p.53, Mountaineers Books

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You got off on the wrong foot. I merely watched you shove it into your mouth.

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Feet, Mouths

Sabrina Jeffries (2015). “What the Duke Desires”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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Don’t be silly. Loving is easy. It’s finding someone to love you back that’s hard.

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Silly, Love You, Easy

Sabrina Jeffries (2005). “To Pleasure a Prince”, p.318, Simon and Schuster

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Advising Mrs. Harris was the least I could do," David said smoothly. "After all, she was the one who brought me and my late wife together.

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Marriage, Wife, Together

Sabrina Jeffries (2009). “Wed Him Before You Bed Him”, p.164, Simon and Schuster

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He stared past her to the place at the other end of the dining table where Regina would sit as his wife. If she were here. If he hadn’t driven her away. “I’m not sure I know how to love, Louisa.” She took his hand. “Don’t be silly. Loving is easy. It’s finding someone to love you back that’s hard.

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Silly, Love You, Past

Sabrina Jeffries (2005). “To Pleasure a Prince”, p.318, Simon and Schuster

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What are you doing here?" she asked. "You forgot something when you left Halstead Hall," he said hoarsely. "What?" Her heart lept into her throat as he strode purposefully toward her. "Me.

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Heart, Said, Throat

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If you never put your life in someone else's hands, then you can't really expect them to put theirs in yours. In the long run, never trusting anyone is a hard way to live.

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Running, Hands, Long

Sabrina Jeffries (2011). “How to Woo a Reluctant Lady”, p.273, Simon and Schuster

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The man is always the last to know when Cupid has struck him -Anonymous, Memoirs of a Mistress

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Men, Mistress, Lasts

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Lucy: I don't understand men. Nettie: What is there to understand? If you feed 'em regular-like and give 'em a bit of 'sugar' now and then, they're easy enough. And if they don't behave, you just toss 'em out on their arses. That's what I always say.

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Men, Giving, Arses

Sabrina Jeffries (2018). “Don't Bargain with the Devil”, p.285, Simon and Schuster

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