“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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“So, thought Peace, there was a wall around his heart and she wondered whether she should hoist up her skirt and scale that wall, but she knew she didn’t have the right shoes on for that sort of climb because hers were too sensible for a man like Drake.”
― Sarah Winman, quote from A Year of Marvellous Ways
“As a text, the Quran is more than the foundation of the Islamic religion; it is the source of Arabic grammar. It is to Arabic what Homer is to Greek, what Chaucer is to English: a snapshot of an evolving language, frozen forever in time”
― Reza Aslan, quote from No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam
“Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.”
― Joan Didion, quote from Blue Nights
“My true treasure is your presence, it is the rays of intelligence that you have poured into my heart.”
― quote from The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir
“Find love, Marcus. Love gives life its meaning. You’re stronger when you love. You’re bigger. You go further.”
― Joël Dicker, quote from La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert
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