You are not a perfect woman.You have an evil temper, youโre as blind as a mole, youโre a deplorable poet, and frankly, your French accent could use some work.โ Supporting himself on his elbows, Leo took her face in his hands. โBut when I put those things together with the rest of you, it makes you into the most perfectly imperfect woman Iโve ever known.
Lisa KleypasPoor people have few choices in life, and most of the time you don't think too much about it. You get the best you can and do without when necessary, and hope to God you won't be wiped out by something you can't control. But there are moments it hurts, where there is something you want in the very marrow of your bones and you know there is no way you can have it.
Lisa KleypasOne of the blessings human beings take for granted is the ability to remember pain without re-feeling it. The pain of the physical wounds is long gone โฆand the other kind of hurt, the damage done to our spirits, has been healed. We are careful with those scarred places in each other.
Lisa KleypasA lang, lang time agoโฆโ MacPhee began, ignoring St.Vincentโs low groan, โthere was a bonnie maid called Malvina. She was the betrothed of Oscar, the braw warrior who won her heart. Oscar bade his beloved tae wait for him while he went tae seek his fortune. But one black day Malvina received word that her lover had been killed in battle. He would lie forever in eternal rest in the faraway hillsโฆlost in endless slumberโฆโ โGod, I envy him,โ St. Vincent said feelingly, rubbing his own dark-circled eyes.
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