A flush pressed to her cheeks, overwhelming her freckles. “If you’re his cousin, you should take better care of him. What are you thinking, allowing him to wander the countryside, waging war on flocks of sheep?” Ah, that was sweet. The lass cared. She would see him settled in a very comfortable asylum, she would. Perhaps Thursdays would be her day to visit and lay cool cloths to his brow.
On each page was a sketch of lobsters coupling in a different position. Logan had never seen anything like it. She’d created a lobster pillow book.
The creatures most difficult to reach make the most loving companions in the end.
I do not believe every problem can be cured with a kitten. I do believe in love. And perhaps love can’t cure every problem, but it makes the wounds heal a bit faster, with fewer scars. I understand why you don’t believe that. How could you, if you’ve never known it yourself?
There’s a reason the poets say ‘falling in love,’ and not ‘climbing.’ There’s no controlling it, no choosing where one lands.
I need you, Lady Penelope Campion. I’m not letting you go.
I love you. But I don’t want to be your reason for living. I want to share your life. There’s a difference between the two.
I am the girl who made up a Scottish lover, wrote him scores of letters, and kept up an elaborate ruse for years. Does it really surprise you that I’m odd?
First rule of love: dinna panic.
She loved to draw anything. Well, almost anything. She hated drawing attention to herself.
Did you just compare me to a dog?” “I know, I’m not certain you deserve the compliment, either.
Naturally there are papers. It should surprise no one to learn that Hell is a vast, inefficient bureaucracy.
Her hands couldn’t decide where to be. They merely displayed the panicked desire to be anywhere else.
Lady Penny is a vegetarian,” Miss Teague said. “I’m afraid I don’t understand.” “She doesn’t eat meat,” Emma said. He paused. “I still don’t understand.
Think of you. Brilliant, beautiful, remarkable you. You do great things here in Spindle Cove, but I know you’re capable of far more. Let me show you the world, Susanna. More than that, let me show the world you. Don’t let fear hold you back.
He had a set of rules when it came to sexual congress – he didn’t pay for it, he wouldn’t beg for it, and he damned well wasn’t going to wed for it.
Well, I’m afraid my schedule is quite booked for the rest of the week.” He flipped through the pages of an agenda. “Brooding, drinking, indoor badminton tournament.
When you love someone there’s always a chance you’ll hurt them. But if you let them go, hurting them isn’t a possibility – it’s a certainty.
They just needed a place to be themselves.
Grieving is work in its own right. A harsh, relentless sort of labor.