What happened to your stammer?" "I suppose I must feel comfortable with you. I tend to stammer less with certain people." "No one's ever told me that I'm a comfortable sort. I'm sure I don't like it. I'll have to do something diabolical soon to correct your impression.
Lisa KleypasHe was so far from the gallant knights in her romantic fantasies ... He was tarnished, scarred, imperfect. Deliberately he had destroyed any illusions she might have had about him, exposing his mysterious past for the ugly horror that it was. His purpose had been to drive her away. But instead she felt closer to him, as if the truth had bonded them in a new intimacy.
Lisa KleypasThe way glass can be molded or blown or cut into any kind of shape made me think about how we as people - our characters or souls - can be shaped or changed by outside influences.
Lisa KleypasOf all the Hathaway sisters,โ Cam said equably, โBeatrix is the one most suited to choose her own husband. I trust her judgment.โ Beatrix gave him a brilliant smile. โThank you, Cam.โ โWhat are you thinking?โ Leo demanded of his brother-in-law. โYou canโt trust Beatrixโs judgment.โ โWhy not?โ โSheโs too young,โ Leo said. โIโm twenty-three,โ Beatrix protested. โIn dog years Iโd be dead.
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