“And infatuated be damned. He was near to being blinded by his attraction to her. He was in love, damn it all. He disliked her, he resented her, he disapproved of almost everything about her, yet he was head over ears in love with her, like a foolish schoolboy.
He wondered grimly what he was going to do about it.
He was not amused.
Or in any way pleased.”
― Mary Balogh, quote from Slightly Dangerous
“I would be consumed by you,' she said, and blinked her eyes furiously when she felt them fill with tears. 'You would sap all the energy and all the joy from me. You would put out all the fire of my vitality.'
'Give me a chance to fan the flames of that fire,' he said, 'and to nurture your joy.”
― Mary Balogh, quote from Slightly Dangerous
“And of course the word love has many shades of meaning, as do many, many of the words in our living, breathing language”
― Mary Balogh, quote from Slightly Dangerous
“I do not admire greatness that has no substance.”
― Mary Balogh, quote from Slightly Dangerous
“played any sort of game. Ten.”
― Mary Balogh, quote from Slightly Dangerous
“But why always think the worst of people? What would she be doing to herself if she adopted that attitude to life? It was better to think the best and be wrong than to think the worst and be wrong.”
― Mary Balogh, quote from Slightly Dangerous
Mary Balogh
Born place: Swansea, Wales, The United Kingdom
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“There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for the holidays. When I was tiny we would by a real tree and stay up late drinking hot chocolate and finding just the right place for the special decorations. It seems like my parents gave up the magic when I figured out the Santa lie. Maybe I shouldn't have told them I knew where the presents really came from. It broke their hearts.
I bet they'd be divorced by now if I hadn't been born. I'm sure I was a huge disappointment. I'm not pretty or smart or athletic. I'm just like them- an ordinary drone dressed in secrets and lies. I can't believe we have to keep playacting till I graduate. It's a shame we just can't admit that we have failed at family living, sell the house, split up the money, and get on with our lives. Merry Christmas.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, quote from Speak
“- ¡Lo que haces es reptar!
- Me deslizo, dijo orgulloso el Gusano.
- Eres un bicho viscoso, replicó el Ciempipes.
- No soy un bicho viscoso - dijo el Gusano -. Soy una criatura útil y apreciada. Pregúntale a cualquier jardinero.”
― Roald Dahl, quote from James and the Giant Peach
“Typical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up!”
― Diana Wynne Jones, quote from Howl's Moving Castle
“The longest way must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.”
― Harriet Beecher Stowe, quote from Uncle Tom's Cabin
“What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?”
― Ralph Ellison, quote from Invisible Man
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