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The entire place looked as if a Chinese silk merchant had dumped all of his wares into this one room and then run away.

Sometimes what we think we want is not what we expect when we finally get it.

Lust will give you pleasure … but it doesn’t … keep you warm after.
It leaves the second your passions are released. Love never leaves - even when you are spent and tired and wish only to sleep.

Follies were quite the rage. Ornate buildings built to seem like an ancient ruins, usually constructed to resemble fallen Greek or Roman temples, they were strategically placed to surprise and delight visitors strolling about one’s property.

The prince never spent such time with his clothing, yet he still managed to seem elegant, as if he’d been born to fit the fashion rather than fashion having been made to fit him.

It seems all of our kisses are destined to be interrupted. One day we will kiss until there are no more kisses to be had.

Poets always compare love to roses. They both grow, both have thorns, both are beautiful…

Your grandmother says your cottage is not fit for a prince.

It's fit for this prince.

Wulf had just turned 14 ... that had been almost 20 years ago ...

(So Wulf is 33?)

In the meantime, it would be pleasant if we all agreed. Of course, sometimes we have to agree separately.

What does that mean?

Agreeing is very pleasant, but sometimes one cannot, and so one must agree by oneself even if one doesn't agree with others ...

My Tata Natasha - my grandmother - thinks I have fallen too swiftly for Miss Lily for it to be real, but she will see.

She is wrong. Falling in love can take only a moment. But it can last forever.

That's quite against fashion, you know, which makes it very fashionable in itself.

Oh, the duchess never invites boring people. She says they give her the frets.

as if he were navigating a raging river of societal rules with nothing but a teaspoon as a rudder

silk is for sheets, not for shoes

It’s unladylike to pursue a career or even obtain a decent education, so what else is left us?

There would be more wealthy princes if foreigners didn’t breed like rabbits.

They should take after the English Crown; we have only one, perhaps two heirs to the throne at one time.

Lily allowed the housekeeper to pour her now cold cup of tea back in the pot and refill her cup with warmer tea.

Moya - means “red”

Oxenburg - small country beside Prussia

(Ack! Why did I wait so long to read this? I’ve renewed this the maximum allowed times … reminder for next time: start @ chapter 4.)

The Romani blood is purer and older than any other royal bloodline!

Wulf is “almost six feet five”.

Women were judged on the quality of husband they managed to snare.