“I’ll be your friend in daylight. I’ll treat you as a comrade in every gas-lit ballroom. But alone, under moonlight, I’ll not pretend that I want you for anything but mine.”
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Courtney Milan,
Unlocked
“Maybe that’s what I have been looking for. When storms and rockslides threaten, I am looking for someone who will hold on to me and not let go.” ― Courtney Milan, Unlocked
“No man is broken because bad things happen to him. He’s broken because he doesn’t keep going after those things happen.” ― Courtney Milan, Unraveled
“I will not be browbeaten, however nicely you do it. I am done with things happening to me. From here on out, I am going to happen to things.” ― Courtney Milan, The Governess Affair
“Over the years, everyone stumbles. That's why I'll be here for you — and you'll be there for me. I don't expect perfection. I want you, and you're a thousand times better.” ― Courtney Milan, Unlocked
“Do not pollute my perfectly acceptable figurative speech with irrelevant facts!” ― Courtney Milan, The Duchess War
“I earned this, fair and square." We'll, maybe it hadn't been fair. And maybe it hadn't been precisely square. Still, she'd earned it legally. Legally and... rectangularly. That would have to do.” ― Courtney Milan, The Duchess War
“There is no such thing as a fallen woman--you just need to look for the man who pushed her.” ― Courtney Milan, Unclaimed
“When someone else's safety and acceptance in society is on the line, your personal discomfort comes in a very distant second.” ― Courtney Milan
“You need to control your wife.”“Haven’t you figured it out?” Edward said quietly. “I married her to unleash her on the world, not to keep her under wraps.”James blinked, as if trying to understand that.“I married her because she made me believe in her,” Edward said. “Because I wished her beyond your power, not under mine. You have no idea of the debt I owe her. For her I’d do the unthinkable.”He glanced back at Free.“If she asked me to do it,” he told James, “I’d even forgive you.” ― Courtney Milan, The Suffragette Scandal
“I worry about you,” he finally said to Free. “I’m afraid that you’re going to break your heart, going up against the world.” “No.” The wind caught her hair and sent it swirling behind her. “I’m going to break the world.” ― Courtney Milan, The Heiress Effect
“Do you want to know why you don't meet my standards?" he asked.She shook her head in mortification."Too late," he replied. "Here's my most important rule: Never have intercourse when one of the parties is in love with the other. It won't end well."She gasped. "You arrogant cad! I'm not in love with you.""I know." He didn't look away from her. "Isn't that what I said? Only one of us is in love, and it isn't you."Violet stared at him. Her ears appeared to be working; her brain seemed to function. Tentatively, she added two and three and verified that they still made five.” ― Courtney Milan, The Countess Conspiracy
“But we’re not trying to empty the Thames,” she told him. “Look at what we’re doing with the water we remove. It doesn’t go to waste. We’re using it to water our gardens, sprout by sprout. We’re growing bluebells and clovers where once there was a desert. All you see is the river, but I care about the roses.” ― Courtney Milan, The Suffragette Scandal
“Libraries are the future of reading. When the economy is down, we need to make it easier for people to buy and read books for free, not harder. It is stupid to sacrifice tomorrow’s book buyers for today’s dollars, especially when it’s obvious that the source in question doesn’t have any more dollars to give you.” ― Courtney Milan
“Why did you do it? Give up everything to raise another man's son?'His father did look up at that. 'I didn't raise another man's son,' he said sharply. 'I raised my own.” ― Courtney Milan, The Heiress Effect
“Friendship was a concept men bandied about to save face when they were rejected.” ― Courtney Milan
“She wagged a finger at him. “You’re mispronouncing that word.” “Your pardon?” He groped, trying to remember what he’d said. “Suffragette? How does one pronounce it, then?” “Suffragette,” she said, “is pronounced with an exclamation point at the end. Like this: ‘Huzzah! Suffragettes!” ― Courtney Milan, The Suffragette Scandal
“Her lips found his and a stab of exquisite desire shot through him. This is what he's been waiting for all this time. Not a stolen embrace. A gift, freely given. One that he would keep forever in some small part of his soul.” ― Courtney Milan, Unveiled
“I keep everything hidden because there's nothing about my true self that anyone likes. I'm not difficult, Sebastian. I'm the easiest person around. I don't belong, and I spend all my time pretending I do. Sometimes I get weary of it, and that makes me angry.It's not fair to the people around me when I lose my temper. I say awful things when I'm angry. But it's not fair to me, either, that I was made this way.” ― Courtney Milan, The Countess Conspiracy
“Maybe that’s what I have been looking for. When storms and rockslides threaten, I am looking for someone who will hold on to me and not let go.” ― Courtney Milan, Unlocked
“No man is broken because bad things happen to him. He’s broken because he doesn’t keep going after those things happen.” ― Courtney Milan, Unraveled
“I will not be browbeaten, however nicely you do it. I am done with things happening to me. From here on out, I am going to happen to things.” ― Courtney Milan, The Governess Affair
“Over the years, everyone stumbles. That's why I'll be here for you — and you'll be there for me. I don't expect perfection. I want you, and you're a thousand times better.” ― Courtney Milan, Unlocked
“Do not pollute my perfectly acceptable figurative speech with irrelevant facts!” ― Courtney Milan, The Duchess War
“I earned this, fair and square." We'll, maybe it hadn't been fair. And maybe it hadn't been precisely square. Still, she'd earned it legally. Legally and... rectangularly. That would have to do.” ― Courtney Milan, The Duchess War
“There is no such thing as a fallen woman--you just need to look for the man who pushed her.” ― Courtney Milan, Unclaimed
“When someone else's safety and acceptance in society is on the line, your personal discomfort comes in a very distant second.” ― Courtney Milan
“You need to control your wife.”“Haven’t you figured it out?” Edward said quietly. “I married her to unleash her on the world, not to keep her under wraps.”James blinked, as if trying to understand that.“I married her because she made me believe in her,” Edward said. “Because I wished her beyond your power, not under mine. You have no idea of the debt I owe her. For her I’d do the unthinkable.”He glanced back at Free.“If she asked me to do it,” he told James, “I’d even forgive you.” ― Courtney Milan, The Suffragette Scandal
“I worry about you,” he finally said to Free. “I’m afraid that you’re going to break your heart, going up against the world.” “No.” The wind caught her hair and sent it swirling behind her. “I’m going to break the world.” ― Courtney Milan, The Heiress Effect
“Do you want to know why you don't meet my standards?" he asked.She shook her head in mortification."Too late," he replied. "Here's my most important rule: Never have intercourse when one of the parties is in love with the other. It won't end well."She gasped. "You arrogant cad! I'm not in love with you.""I know." He didn't look away from her. "Isn't that what I said? Only one of us is in love, and it isn't you."Violet stared at him. Her ears appeared to be working; her brain seemed to function. Tentatively, she added two and three and verified that they still made five.” ― Courtney Milan, The Countess Conspiracy
“But we’re not trying to empty the Thames,” she told him. “Look at what we’re doing with the water we remove. It doesn’t go to waste. We’re using it to water our gardens, sprout by sprout. We’re growing bluebells and clovers where once there was a desert. All you see is the river, but I care about the roses.” ― Courtney Milan, The Suffragette Scandal
“Libraries are the future of reading. When the economy is down, we need to make it easier for people to buy and read books for free, not harder. It is stupid to sacrifice tomorrow’s book buyers for today’s dollars, especially when it’s obvious that the source in question doesn’t have any more dollars to give you.” ― Courtney Milan
“Why did you do it? Give up everything to raise another man's son?'His father did look up at that. 'I didn't raise another man's son,' he said sharply. 'I raised my own.” ― Courtney Milan, The Heiress Effect
“Friendship was a concept men bandied about to save face when they were rejected.” ― Courtney Milan
“She wagged a finger at him. “You’re mispronouncing that word.” “Your pardon?” He groped, trying to remember what he’d said. “Suffragette? How does one pronounce it, then?” “Suffragette,” she said, “is pronounced with an exclamation point at the end. Like this: ‘Huzzah! Suffragettes!” ― Courtney Milan, The Suffragette Scandal
“Her lips found his and a stab of exquisite desire shot through him. This is what he's been waiting for all this time. Not a stolen embrace. A gift, freely given. One that he would keep forever in some small part of his soul.” ― Courtney Milan, Unveiled
“I keep everything hidden because there's nothing about my true self that anyone likes. I'm not difficult, Sebastian. I'm the easiest person around. I don't belong, and I spend all my time pretending I do. Sometimes I get weary of it, and that makes me angry.It's not fair to the people around me when I lose my temper. I say awful things when I'm angry. But it's not fair to me, either, that I was made this way.” ― Courtney Milan, The Countess Conspiracy
