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“Dorothea sniffed and looked around the room, her distaste clear. “Try to be polite, Mother,” Marjorie said. “I am always polite.” “Then try to be nice.”
― Jane Goodger, The Spinster Bride

“He wanted a wife, but this chase, this dance one had to do to get a wife, was downright wearying. Perhaps that’s why he’d been such a failure at finding a bride. He wanted it to be easy. To meet a girl, point a finger and say, “You’re the one.” And she would, of course, swoon as she said, “Yes, I’ll marry you.” Wasn’t that the way it’d been done in years past? Arranged marriages were so much more practical.”
― Jane Goodger, The Spinster Bride

“uncomfortable.”
― Jane Goodger, The Mad Lord's Daughter

“Just because I want to bury my face between your breasts and stay there for a fortnight doesn't mean I want to marry you.”
― Jane Goodger, The Spinster Bride

“I need a wife.” Marjorie sat back down, her knees giving out from under her, unable to stop the audible gasp that escaped her mouth. “Not you, you ninny.” Even though marriage to him was the last thing she wanted, Marjorie couldn’t help but be slightly insulted by this last.”
― Jane Goodger, The Spinster Bride