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Rika - (The Unpretentious Reader)
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“"What do you say, Miss Lyndon? Shall we have a go at it?"
" 'Shall we have a go at it?' " Ellie choked out. Really, this was not the proposal of her dreams.”
― Brighter Than the Sun
" 'Shall we have a go at it?' " Ellie choked out. Really, this was not the proposal of her dreams.”
― Brighter Than the Sun
“I'd wager you have a vengeful streak a mile wide," he muttered.
"I am the least vengeful person I know," she said with a sniff. "And if you think otherwise, then perhaps you ought not to marry me."
"You're marrying me," he ground out, "if I have to drag you to the altar bound and gagged."
Ellie smiled waspishly. "You could try," she taunted, "but in your condition you couldn't drag a flea."
"And you say you're not vengeful."
"I seem to be developing a taste for it.”
― Brighter Than the Sun
"I am the least vengeful person I know," she said with a sniff. "And if you think otherwise, then perhaps you ought not to marry me."
"You're marrying me," he ground out, "if I have to drag you to the altar bound and gagged."
Ellie smiled waspishly. "You could try," she taunted, "but in your condition you couldn't drag a flea."
"And you say you're not vengeful."
"I seem to be developing a taste for it.”
― Brighter Than the Sun
“Somebody up there is deuced mad at me," she yelled, "and I want to know why!"
The heavens opened in earnest and within seconds she was soaked to the skin.
"Remind me never to question Your purposes again," she muttered ungraciously, not sounding particularly like the God-fearing young lady her father had raised her to be. "Clearly You don't like to be second-guessed."
Lightning streaked through the sky, followed by a booming clap of thunder.
"Damn!" she grunted, her bonnet sagged against her eyes, blocking her vision. She yanked it off, looked at the sky, and yelled, "I am not amused!"
More lightning.
"They are all against me," she muttered,"All of them." Her father, Sally Foxglove,
Mr. Tibbett, whoever it was who controlled the weather—
More thunder.”
― Brighter Than the Sun
The heavens opened in earnest and within seconds she was soaked to the skin.
"Remind me never to question Your purposes again," she muttered ungraciously, not sounding particularly like the God-fearing young lady her father had raised her to be. "Clearly You don't like to be second-guessed."
Lightning streaked through the sky, followed by a booming clap of thunder.
"Damn!" she grunted, her bonnet sagged against her eyes, blocking her vision. She yanked it off, looked at the sky, and yelled, "I am not amused!"
More lightning.
"They are all against me," she muttered,"All of them." Her father, Sally Foxglove,
Mr. Tibbett, whoever it was who controlled the weather—
More thunder.”
― Brighter Than the Sun
“-الرجال لا يتزوجون الجميلات فقط.
- لو أن الجمال هو المقياس الوحيد للزواج لبارت نصف نساء الأرض، فهناك أنواع أخرى من الجمال تكمن فى أعماق المرأة، كوفائها وطيبتها، ومرحها و إخلاصها، وكل رجل على وجه الأرض يبحث عن واحد من أوجه الجمال هذه، وعادة ما يكون هذا الوجه هو ما يفتقده فى تعاملاته كثيراً.
- فالرجل السطحى وحده هو الذى يسعى خلف جمال الوجه والجسد، أما الرجل العاقل فيبحث عن امرأة وفية مخلصة، تتخلى عن العالم من أجله، وتظل مخلصة له طيلة حياتها، دون أن تطمع فى أكثر من حبه وحنانه.”
― لا تقل وداعاً
- لو أن الجمال هو المقياس الوحيد للزواج لبارت نصف نساء الأرض، فهناك أنواع أخرى من الجمال تكمن فى أعماق المرأة، كوفائها وطيبتها، ومرحها و إخلاصها، وكل رجل على وجه الأرض يبحث عن واحد من أوجه الجمال هذه، وعادة ما يكون هذا الوجه هو ما يفتقده فى تعاملاته كثيراً.
- فالرجل السطحى وحده هو الذى يسعى خلف جمال الوجه والجسد، أما الرجل العاقل فيبحث عن امرأة وفية مخلصة، تتخلى عن العالم من أجله، وتظل مخلصة له طيلة حياتها، دون أن تطمع فى أكثر من حبه وحنانه.”
― لا تقل وداعاً
“Ellie had a feeling he thought she was exaggerating. "I am not jesting. Yesterday she presented me with two lists. The first consisted of chores I must perform in addition to those I already do."
"What, did she have you cleaning out the chimney?" Charles teased.
"Yes!" Ellie burst out. "Yes, and it was not a joke!"”
― Brighter Than the Sun
"What, did she have you cleaning out the chimney?" Charles teased.
"Yes!" Ellie burst out. "Yes, and it was not a joke!"”
― Brighter Than the Sun
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