Judith McNaught Quotes

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It isn't what you say that counts, it's what you don't say

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But he knew instinctively what he suggested was impossible. She'd been through so much, and held her tears back for so long, that Royce doubted that anything could force her to shed them.

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Beside him a tiny elderly woman was leaning on a cane, studying him with curiosity. Since good manners seemed to require that he speak to her, Jon cast about for some sort of polite conversation pertinent to the occasion. I hate funerals, don't you? He said. I rather like them, she said smugly. At my age, I regard each funeral I attend as a personal triumph, because I was not the guest of honor.

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It was a kingdom of dreams — a place where things would be just the way I wanted them to be.

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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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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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His gaze held hers, and his voice was tender and rough. Love me, Elizabeth. Elizabeth felt a tremor run through her entire body, but she looked at him without flinching. I do.

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She kissed him with all the aching longing that being this close to him evoked; she kissed him in all the ways he had ever kissed her, feeling faint with joy when he began to kiss her back, his mouth moving with fierce tenderness, then opening with fiery demand over hers, until their breaths were mingled gasps, and they were straining to one another.

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I love life, even when bad things happen to me. I can't stop loving it. Every season of the year comes with a promise that something wonderful is going to happen to me someday.

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Did he happen to select a color too?" "Blue." "Blue?" Victoria burst out, prepared to do physical battle for white. Madame nodded, her finger thoughtfully pressed to her lips, her own hand plunked upon her waist. "Yes, blue. Ice blue. He said you are glorious in that color-'a titian-haired angel,' he said" Victoria abruptly decided ice blue was a lovely color to be married in.

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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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The groom always smiles proudly because he's convinced he's accomplished something quite wonderful. The bride smiles because she's been able to convince him of it.

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Feeling a little foolish over her confidences, Elizabeth glanced up at him with an embarrassed smile. What is the most beautiful place you've ever seen? Dragging his gaze from the beauty of the gardens, Ian looked down at the beauty beside him. Any place, he said huskily, where you are.

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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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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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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?

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There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.

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A lie is an affront to the soul, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the person to whom one lies.

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The two of them simply weren't attracted to just any attractive, eligible man; they were attracted rarely, but when it happened, it was evidently a life-altering experience.

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You can't live your life to suit other people. The harder you try, the more restrictions they'll put on you just for the fun of seeing you jump through their hoops.

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Everything wrong I've ever done has always seemed like the right thing to do at the time.

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Was it me you were discussing? he countered with lifted brows. I couldn't tell from the description you were giving. Since when am I kind, considerate, refined, and amiable? You're angry, Victoria concluded on a sigh. A low chuckle rumbled in his chest and his arms tightened, drawing her close to his leann, muscular body. I'm not angry, he said in a husky, gentle voice. I'm embarrassed

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I'd like to shower and change clothes," she said. "Would you mind waiting for me a half hour?" The question seemed to amuse him. "Not at all," he said with exaggerated formality. "Please take all the time you need." Michael watched her walk away. Did he mind waiting a half hour for her? Not at all. He'd been waiting years for her.

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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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Jason, stop this, she pleaded. You don't want to kiss me. You don't even like me more than a little when you aren't foxed A harsh laugh escaped him. I like you too damned much! he whispered bitterly, then pulled her head down and captured her lips in a demaning, scalding kiss that took everything and give nothing in return.

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Sometimes it just happens - to the wrong people at the wrong time.

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

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Elizabeth's entire body started to tremble as his lips began descending to hers. and she sought to forestall what her heart knew was inevitable by reasoning with him. A gently bred Englishwoman, she shakily quoted Lucinda's lecture. feels nothing stronger than affection. We do not fall in love. His warm lips covered hers. I'm a Scot, he murmured huskily. We do.

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