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1 " Silly of me not to have realized it. One often finds Greek temples lurking in the woods of English estates. Sneaky things, temples. "
― Victoria Alexander , The Husband List (Effingtons, #2)
2 " It wasn't as if she was terrified of heights, she simply preferred to be closer to solid ground, where words like plummet and plunge did not linger in her mind. "
3 " My desire, my sincere and heartfelt desire is to rip that surprisingly sheer garment from your body, toss you onto that bed, and indeed ravish you from head to toe. I wish to make love to you until you are too exhausted to do so much as stand without support. Until you call out my name in your dreams and reach for me in your sleep. Until you can think of no one and nothing beyond the touch of my hand, the caress of my lips. "
― Victoria Alexander , What A Lady Wants (Last Man Standing, #2)
4 " My father once told me love is magic, sir. "
― Victoria Alexander , Seduction of a Proper Gentleman (Last Man Standing #4)
5 " Adventure, my dear, is as much a state of mind as anything else. One can travel the world and never find the excitement to be found within arm's reach.Remain true to yourself, but understand happiness may not always be found in the plans we have laid out for ourselves, but rather in the unforeseen turns life takes us. Do not close your mind, or your heart, to the unexpected twists of life. It is those unexpected paths that could well lead to the greatest adventures of all. "
― Victoria Alexander , The Marriage Lesson (Effingtons, #3)
6 " I doubt you would recognize an adventure of any sort if it came right up and bit you on the a---Mother!I was going to say arm. "
7 " Adventure, like beauty, is very much in the eye of the beholder. "
8 " When a man finds the one woman who is right, it scarcely matters what else is wrong. "
9 " And I know when your lips meet mine I feel as though I have never been kissed before. "
10 " I say seduce her, seduce her tonight. Break the door down if you have to. Tell her all those things you said to me about her. You will love her more tomorrow than today and how you want to die with her hand in yours–which is an excellent line, by the way, that I fully intend to borrow when the time comes. "
― Victoria Alexander , His Mistress by Christmas (Mistress Trio, #2; Sinful Family Secrets, #1)
11 " Don't let not knowing what to do prevent you from doing anything at all "
― Victoria Alexander , The Perfect Mistress (Mistress Trio, #1)
12 " Yes, well, there’s something to be said for damsels who need rescuing.” Thomas’s gaze strayed back to Marianne. She would never need rescuing. And wasn’t there something to be said for that as well? "
13 " An arrogant man knows his own worth, and if he is clever as well, knows yours. "
14 " My life as a princes, or a peasant, is not worth living without you in it. "
― Victoria Alexander , Her Highness, My Wife (Effingtons, #5)
15 " Her heart leapt, which made no sense at all. This was not to be an affair of the heart. There would be affection certainly, but nothing more. Apparently her heart wasn't aware of her plans. Odd, she'd never known it to be rebellious before. "
16 " Sometimes when we lose something of importance what we have left becomes even more precious. "
― Victoria Alexander , The Importance of Being Wicked (Wicked Family Secrets, #3; Millworth Manor, #2)
17 " Then I shall be devastated. My heart will be crushed as thoroughly as dust beneath your feet". "Oh, we can't have that". Her eyes widened in an innocent manner he didn't believe for a moment. "I quite detest dust". "
18 " No one wants to get too close to a madwoman. Or men who have monkeys for pets. "
19 " Möge ihnen die Liebe für immer ihre Schwingen leihen, so dass ihre Füße nie wieder den Boden berühren. "
― Victoria Alexander , The Pursuit of Marriage (Effingtons, #8)
20 " La vida tiene una interesante forma de cambiar tus planes y de cambiar incluso aquello que crees que quieres. "
― Victoria Alexander , When We Meet Again (Effingtons, #10)
