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“Questions are as supple as willow wands, it's easy to brush by them and slip them aside, and no one the worse for it.”
― Ellis Peters, The Rose Rent

“Physical compatibility is a question of skin first and foremost. If the contact of one skin on another isn’t immediately pleasing nothing else can possibly matter, but if it is, all other things may follow.”
― Judith Krantz, Mistral's Daughter

“hobbledehoys,”
― Elinor Glyn, Elinor Glyn’s Collected Works: Three Weeks, Red Hair, Beyond The Rocks, and More! (18 Works): Romantic Fiction

“She knew bullshit when it was being tossed at her by the shovelful. "You know, Ms Purcell, I'm at absolute capacity in the friend department. You'll have to apply elsewhere. As for Roarke and his business, that's his deal. As for you, let's get this straight: You don't look stupid, so I don't believe you think you're the first of Roarke's discarded skirts to swing back this way. You don't worry me. In fact, you don't much interest me. So if that's all?"

Slowly Magdelana slid off the desk. "The man is just never wrong is he? I don't like you."

"Aw."

She moved to the door, then stopped, leaned on the jamb as she looked over at Eve again. "Just one thing? He didn't discard me. I discarded him. And since you don't look stupid either, you know that makes all the difference.”
― J.D. Robb, Innocent in Death