A fit encomium for marital bliss,"...

A fit encomium for marital bliss," Beaumont said, putting down his knife and fork. "Dancing to a tune one neither likes nor understands, with a partner who thinks you a cadaver.

- Eloisa James

Desperate Duchesses

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They were partners. She would always make impulsive decisions and he would make slow, reasoned ones. He would always be a little terrified that she would look at him with the scorn he saw in his mother's eyes. And she would always be a little terrified that he would look at her and not love her enough.In short, they were made for each other.

- Eloisa James

Oh, I have felt lust. And I've indulged lust. But no other woman has turned me into another person.

- Eloisa James

By all accounts Rafe's life had been shattered by the loss of his brother Peter. But whereas she turned away from drink when Draven died, Rafe had simply upended a barrel of brandy on his head and hadn't taken that hat off since.

- Eloisa James

She was everything he'd ever wanted in a woman, and nothing he'd ever thought to find in a lady.

- Eloisa James

If you don't mind a word of advice, one never asks a lady to set her own price. If you have to ask, the answer will always be more than you can afford.

- Eloisa James

I need to work on developing a new, less irritable personality. though I suspect that an empty nest would be at least a partial cure, today I resorted to substance abuse.

- Eloisa James

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