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.
Judith McNaughtWhich 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?
Judith McNaughtMissing you?" she giggled incredulously. "I could cheerfully murder you." "I'd come back to haunt you," he threatened with a grin. "And that," she said, "is the only reason why I haven't tried.
Judith McNaughtBehold your new mistress, my wife," he pronounced, "and know that when she bids you, I have bidden you. What service you render her, you are rendering me. What loyalty you give or withhold from her, you give or withhold from me!" -Royce Westmoreland
Judith McNaughtBecause,โ he said quietly as she stood up, โuntil you walked into it, this was an ordinary garden.โ Puzzled, Elizabeth tipped her head. โWhat is it now?โ โHeaven.
Judith McNaughtDon't do this to us." He warned, his voice hoarse with angry desperation as he realize he was losing her. "You're letting eleven years of mistrust color everything you've discovered I've done".
Judith McNaughtTheyโre going to ask what you said. And if I tell Mr. Twindell you said heaven will be like this, heโll be very disappointed. Heโs counting, you know, on gold streets and angels and horses with wings.โ โI see where that could be a problem,โ Ian agreed, and he tenderly laid his hand against his sonโs cheek. โIn that case, you can tell him I said this is almost heaven.
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