Tessa Dare Quotes

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Certainty becomes you.

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Certainty

Tessa Dare (2012). “A Week to Be Wicked”, p.18, Harper Collins

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Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it.

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Knowing, Looks, Common

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Is it truly so unfathomable, that an imperfect girl might be perfectly loved?

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Girl, Might, Imperfect

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No, Susanna, " he said. "I cannot love you just a little. If that's what you want, you must find a different man." His green eyes were breathtaking in their intensity. His thumb brushed her bottom lip. "Because I can only love you entirely. With everything I am, and everything I ever will be. Body, mind, heart, soul.

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Love You, Heart, Eye

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The pain of an injury is over in seconds. Everything that comes after is the pain of getting well." He gave her a heartfelt look, full of apology. "I'd forgotten that you see. Coming back to life ... It hurts.

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Hurt, Pain, Get Well

Tessa Dare (2010). “Twice Tempted by a Rogue”, p.357, Ballantine Books

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Oh no. Don't smile. You'll kill me. I stop breathing when you smile.

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Love, Smile, Breathing

Tessa Dare (2009). “A Lady of Persuasion”, p.20, Ballantine Books

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Dedication: For all the girls who walk and read at the same time.

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Girl, Dedication, Walks

Tessa Dare (2012). “A Week to Be Wicked”, p.2, Harper Collins

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He couldn’t compare a woman to a torrentially beautiful monsoon, and then look surprised that he’d gotten wet.

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Beautiful, Looks, Monsoons

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How is it you’ve never married?” A soft splash. “It’s an easy enough thing. Every morning I wake up, go about my day, and return to bed at night without having recited marriage vows. After several years, I have the trick of it down.

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Morning, Night, Years

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He kissed her. Without warning, without permission. Without even deciding to do it, but simply because he couldn't have done anything else. He needed that breath she was holding. It belonged to him, and he wanted it back.

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Done, Warning, Permission

Tessa Dare (2010). “One Dance with a Duke”, p.181, Ballantine Books

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You are a sweet man." -"God, there it is." He flopped back on the bed, as if shot through the heart. "Repeat that to anyone, and I will have you brought up on charges of slander." "I wouldn't dream of telling a soul.

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Dream, Sweet, Heart

Tessa Dare (2010). “One Dance with a Duke”, p.299, Ballantine Books

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I'm male. You rubbed your...femaleness all over me. I didn't think. I reacted.

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Thinking, Males

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What on earth are you wearing? Did you take orders in a convent since we spoke last? Little Sisters of the Drab and Homely.

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Order, Little Sister, Earth

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She couldn't "heal" him. No woman could. Events that far in the past just couldn't be undone. But perhaps he didn't need a cure, but . . . a lens. Someone who accepted him for the imperfect person he was, and then helped him to see the world clear. Like spectacles did for her.

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Past, Imperfect Person, Events

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Forgive me for speaking frankly, but after the past quarter-hour's conversation, I am unconvinced that any of you possess the sense or sensitivity to impart the news in any respectful fashion" - Amelia

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Fashion, Past, Forgive Me

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What is the world coming to, with these modern women? A man can't tell them what to do.

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Men, World, Modern Woman

Tessa Dare (2010). “Twice Tempted by a Rogue”, p.138, Ballantine Books

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Colin stared at the officer. “Thorne, you scare me. I’m not ashamed to say it.

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Scare, Ashamed, Officers

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After spending all of her girlhood fervently wishing she could run away from home— she’d actually done it.

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Running, Home, Wish

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A man might engage in flirtation with distinterest, even disdain. But he never teases without affection.

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Men, Might, Affection

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Jesus. Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. Delilah, Jezebel, Salome, Judith, Eve. Trouble, every last one. Add Minerva Highwood to the list.

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Jesus, Add, Jezebel

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She [Susanna] realized she was still hugging the wall. Pride propelled her two steps forward. As she advanced, something bleated at her, as though chastising her for trespassing. She stopped midstep and peered at it. "Did you know there's a lamb in here?" "Never mind it. That's dinner." She gave it a smile and a friendly pat. "Hullo, Dinner. Aren't you a sweet thing." "It's not his name, it's his...function.

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Sweet, Wall, Pride

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I’m so sorry to disappoint you,” she said, breathing hard. “But it would take far more than that to scare me.” A quick flex of his arms, and their bodies collided. And he whispered, just as his mouth fell on hers, “God, I was hoping you’d say that.

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Sorry, Breathing, Scare

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Forgive me, Your Grace. Are you suggesting a woman is some sort of … piece of fruit to you? One squeeze, and you know if she’s ripe?

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Forgive Me, Grace, Forgiving

Tessa Dare (2010). “One Dance with a Duke”, p.72, Ballantine Books

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Don’t. Don’t play that game.” His brow pressed to hers. “When I heard you cry out . . . it was like a saber to the gut. I wanted to die.

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Games, Play, Cry

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So odd. Most women of his acquaintance relied on physical beauty and charm to mask their less-pleasant traits. This girl did the opposite, hiding everything interesting about herself behind a prim, plain facade. What other surprises was she concealing?

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Girl, Opposites, Interesting

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