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Theresa Romain QUOTES

1 " What I mean is, she doesn't need to collect things for the sake of collecting them. She never has. She only wears gowns that make her feel beautiful, and she only spends time with people whose company she likes. She wants to please herself, not others. It doesn't matter to her if the things she likes are the ones other people think are the best. "

― Theresa Romain , It Takes Two to Tangle (The Matchmaker Trilogy, #1)

2 " He wanted Charlotte's happiness more than his own. But how much greater would his own be if they were together? Somehow, sometime---maybe when she flirted with him over sour ale, maybe when she bandaged his arm---she had come to rest upon his heart.
Somehow, he had come to love her. "

― Theresa Romain , Fortune Favors the Wicked (Royal Rewards #1)

3 " Any place could be a cage. And maybe, with the right person, any place could be a home. "

― Theresa Romain , Fortune Favors the Wicked (Royal Rewards #1)

4 " Let me help," said Benedict. "Let me do this for you."

He took the spade from her hand, allowing her to step back and stand beside Maggie. To slip an arm around her crying daughter.

With smooth, slow movements, he turned over the earth. Quietly, doing what needed to be done with a graciousness that meant everything.

And that was when she realized: she had fallen in love with him. "

― Theresa Romain , Fortune Favors the Wicked (Royal Rewards #1)

5 " How can I know life with me won't become a cage to you?"

"Because I choose it---that is, if you'll have me. It makes all the difference to leave when one wishes, and to go where one wishes. Not to be getting away from something, but to be going somewhere you want to be. To a home. With someone I love. "

― Theresa Romain , Fortune Favors the Wicked (Royal Rewards #1)

6 " You're babbling," she said. "Go back to the part about making a home with someone you love."
His lips curved. "Did you like that part?"
"I did," she admitted, "like that part."
"Good. I like it too. "

― Theresa Romain , Fortune Favors the Wicked (Royal Rewards #1)

7 " I would give you a laugh every day if I could,” he said.

“I would do the same for you. "

― Theresa Romain , Scandalous Ever After (Romance of the Turf, #2)

8 " What brings the color back, when you feel so gray?" Kate asked.
"Sometimes, nothing but time. When I am more fortunate, I can bring myself out of it with an effort of will. Trying to do something worthwhile in the world." He raised himself onto one elbow, then dropped a kiss on her nose. "Being with you."
"Then you'd better be with me. "

― Theresa Romain , Scandalous Ever After (Romance of the Turf, #2)

9 " I'm asking you to be with me, as I am." Her eyes were sea-deep and warm, and her lips held a tremulous curve. "I'm not perfect, Evan, but...I think I might be just right."
"I know you are," he said. "I have always known that."
And beneath the blue sky, they banished the gray. "

― Theresa Romain , Scandalous Ever After (Romance of the Turf, #2)

10 " What Louisa wants for Christmas,
Get kissed
Find some good books
make peace between prior best friends
convince the polite world of her charm
and finally, get kissed some more;

"You're blushing, my girl," Lady Irving said, "Not thinking of something you shouldn't, are you?"
"I'm so pure-minded that I can't imagine what you're talking about." Louisa lied. "

― Theresa Romain , Season for Surrender (Holiday Pleasures, #2)

11 " He flicked his fingers out, just a whisper of a touch against the back of her hand. "You are brave, Miss Perry."
"I am what I have had to be, Mr. Frost." Her hand turned beneath his, and for a second they were palm against palm. "As are you. "

― Theresa Romain , Fortune Favors the Wicked (Royal Rewards #1)

12 " She did not know what sort of person he was. But she thought---she hoped---that he would hold her trust as the fragile, precious thing it was. "

― Theresa Romain , Fortune Favors the Wicked (Royal Rewards #1)

13 " Awful fondness you people have for knives. It's really not right. "

― Theresa Romain , Fortune Favors the Wicked (Royal Rewards #1)

14 " His life was just like this desk: cluttered at the edges and empty at the center. "

― Theresa Romain , My Scandalous Duke

15 " Nicholas, I want to be loved. I don't think there could ever be too many people in the world who love me. Certainly there are not too many now. "

― Theresa Romain , My Scandalous Duke

16 " You can't hide and pretend to be someone you're not,Pearl. You can never belong to anyone else."
She set her jaw, refusing to flinch or look away. "Anyone besides myself, you mean? That's true. Though it was always true. "

― Theresa Romain , Fortune Favors the Wicked (Royal Rewards #1)

17 " Her mind blank, she pulled a sheet of paper toward herself, then folded over a vertical strip. Sliding her nail along the edge to weaken it, she tore off a thin strip. Then another. The smooth actions helped order her thoughts. “No, it is not appropriate, but it might be all right. Why do you think you must nickname me? Is it to belittle me or to create a bond between us?” “I’m not sure which is the right answer,” he replied. “To be honest, at first I expected you to be selfish and spoiled.” “Such compliments will give me the vapors.” Smoothing her strips of paper, she began pleating them into a little spring. If her hands trembled a little, he would not notice. "

― Theresa Romain , Season for Desire (Holiday Pleasures, #4)

18 " As she hung in the seat, Bart stepped back and raked her with a molten gaze. “I imagine you,” he said, “with your collar undone. With your habit shirt unbuttoned and your hair unpinned.” She swallowed. “That is a lot of undoing. "

― Theresa Romain , The Sport of Baronets (Romance of the Turf, #0.5)

19 " The walls around her heart were weak now, indeed. “I want to believe you. So much. But I know your nature is solitary. How can I be sure you won’t tire of me and toss me aside like a Carcel lamp?”
“I would never toss aside a Carcel lamp. "

― Theresa Romain , To Charm a Naughty Countess (The Matchmaker Trilogy, #2)

20 " I must have read about the Vigenère once. Ciphers appeal to males once they reach the age of being interested in smuggling and pirates, you know.” “And what age is that?” He tugged his lower lip between his teeth. “From about age four to death. "

― Theresa Romain , Season for Surrender (Holiday Pleasures, #2)