Reshma Kakunje

“She was mine before she was yours,” Tommy said, anger in his tone. “All those years without you . . . she still had me. And when she sees who you are . . . what you’ve become . . . she will turn to me again.”
― Sarah MacLean, A Rogue by Any Other Name

“Most people think you're odd."
She smiled. "On that, most people are right."
"You know, I used to think they were. You're brilliant and have a passion for animals and strange flowers, and you were always more interested in the crops that rotated on my estate than in the trappings of my town house. I'd never met a woman like you. But, even as I knew you were smarter than I, even as I knew that you knew that you were smarter than I... you never showed it. You've never given me any reason to believe you thought me simple. You always went out of your way to remind me of the things we had in common. We both prefer the country. We both enjoy animals." He shrugged one shoulder. "I was happy to think that you would one day be my wife."
"I don't think you simple," she said, wanting him to know that. Wanting him to understand that this mess she was making had nothing to do with him. He was not lacking. "I think you will make someone a very happy match.”
― Sarah MacLean, One Good Earl Deserves a Lover

“I'm going to steal you," he confessed again. "I'm going to steal you and make you mine."

"It's not theft if I allow it," she whispered.

Silly girl; of course it was. But it wouldn't stop him.”
― Sarah MacLean, Wicked and the Wallflower

“But this is the way I see it: There is a lion and a deer within each of us. Only if we nurture the lion will we make something of ourselves. If we indulge the deer, we’ll be running and hiding all our lives.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta