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61 " Ye said yerself that the man was bonny enough to sup with a spoon. "
― Karen Hawkins , To Catch a Highlander (MacLean Curse, #3)
62 " When it's a memory, you already know the outcome so it's easy to think it was an easier time. Looking forward is much more uncertain, and is more complicated. But I don't think it is. Not really. "
― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)
63 " Innocent and virtuous, she represented the exact type of female he avoided... God, she was a taking thing, even for an avaricious reformer. "
― Karen Hawkins , The Abduction of Julia (Rogues, #1)
64 " As I reach my thirtieth year of service as a butler in a gentleman’s household, I find myself looking back. Between my secret recipe for boot blacking (an indispensable tool for a butler), and a vastly superior method to remove wine stains from velvet (which some will erroneously hold to be an impossibility), I find my memories salted with some faint wisdoms, a few tested experiences, and many, many interesting stories. "
― Karen Hawkins , Her Master and Commander (Just Ask Reeves, #1)
65 " Pray stop your infernal whispering. You sound like a pack of nuns planning a murder. "
― Karen Hawkins , How to Capture a Countess (The Duchess Diaries, #1)
66 " Margaret,” she told me time and again, “you may be anything you wish, so long as you’re never boring. "
67 " No matter what station you hold in life, there will always be things that will surprise you. Whether you choose to be outraged or delighted is up to you. "
― Karen Hawkins , Her Officer and Gentleman (Just Ask Reeves, #2)
68 " I was not giving you a heated look.” “What do you call it then?” “I was merely appreciating your, ah…finer points.” “Yes, well, I could do the same for you except—” “Except what?” “They are all under the desk. "
69 " It is a foolish man who apologizes without reason. "
70 " Life was a hard teacher, but a thorough one. "
71 " Some crave the safety of boredom while others crave the bravery of adventure. "
72 " There are times when simplicity makes a decision for you. "
73 " Women never dress without thought. "
― Karen Hawkins , An Affair to Remember (Talisman Ring #1)
74 " There was little that common sense and hard work couldn't accomplish. "
75 " I dislike being held to a set of rules for no reason other than to create the impression of order, whether it exists or not. "
76 " You'd be surprised at the things you can discover by barging into someone's bedchamber unannounced. "
77 " And that was love. True love. The kind that carried on and lasted through the good days and the difficult days. The kind of love that always gave, and never hurt. It might not be the kind of mad love poets wrote about, but it was the kind of love strong enough to build a home upon, secure in the knowledge that this man would be there when things went wrong and would do everything in his considerable power to make things right again. "
― Karen Hawkins , How to Entice an Enchantress (The Duchess Diaries, #3)
78 " She was part wide-eyed wood nymph, part awkward society miss, and—he was beginning to realize—part testy library elf. "
― Karen Hawkins , The Prince Who Loved Me (The Oxenburg Princes, #1)
79 " Pray don’t hold back,” Robert said politely. “You can tell me what you really think of my valet.” Stewart broke in to a reluctant grin.“Sorry fer bein’ so forward, sir, but that valet o’ yers is nothin’ but a Frenchified piece o’ lace. "
― Karen Hawkins , A Most Dangerous Profession (Hurst Amulet, #3)
80 " One good thing that comes from living the nomadic life demanded by an expedition is that one sheds the fake skin donned from living too closely among society. For those of us who live for the freedom of such a lifestyle, that skin is dry and itchy and ill fitting. From my observances, that skin is much like a callus caused by the pure irritation of being forced to spend so much time with one’s fellow man. Thank God I am spared such nonsense. "
― Karen Hawkins , The Taming of a Scottish Princess (Hurst Amulet, #4)