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 McNaughtThere 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.
Judith McNaughtNow 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.
Judith McNaughtElizabethโs 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. โA gently bred Englishwoman,โ she shakily quoted Lucindaโs lecture. โfeels nothing stronger than affection. We do not fall in love.โ His warm lips covered hers. โIโm a Scot,โ he murmured huskily. โWe do.
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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