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“And in my private life I prefer not to pass myself off as what I'm not (Daniel Brennan)”
― Sabrina Jeffries, A Notorious Love

“A man is what he is and no fancy lodgings or fine clothes will change that (Daniel Brennan)”
― Sabrina Jeffries, A Notorious Love

“This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn't turn out to be like Literature.”
― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

“As he passed me, he leaned to Curran and handed him a paper fan folded from some sort of flyer.

Curran looked at the fan. “What?”
"An emergency precaution, Your Majesty. In case the lady faints.”

Curran just stared at him.

Raphael strode toward the Pit, turned, flexed a bit, and winked at me.

"Give me that,” I told Curran. “I need to fan myself.”
"No, you don’t.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Strikes