Patrizia

“Discretion is a synonym for intelligence.”
― Eloisa James, The Ugly Duchess

“Life can be so good if you let it. But you must trade with life. You give something and you get something, then you give something of yourself again and you receive something again. Life goes bad when people try to take from it without giving. Then they came away empty-handed, and they grab harder and more often, growing more disappointed and disillusioned each time.”
― Judith McNaught, Tender Triumph

“I don’t know. What do people see when they gaze at the sky? Inspiration? Beauty?” She heard him sigh. “Truth be told, this view always intimidated me. The sky’s so vast. I can’t help but feel it has expectations of me. Ones I’m already failing.” He was silent for a long moment. “It reminds me of your eyes.”
― Tessa Dare, A Week to be Wicked

“I would rather die a spinster—poor, ruined, scorned, and alone—than suffer that heartbreak daily.”
― Tessa Dare, A Week to be Wicked