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21 " Hear me now, Oliver Rivington. You will not use gestures with me. "
― Cat Sebastian , The Soldier's Scoundrel (The Turners #1)
22 " Percy was somehow still young or naive enough to think that there was any difference between being strong and acting strong. "
― Cat Sebastian , The Queer Principles of Kit Webb
23 " Rivington seemed unperturbed by Jack’s loss of temper. He rubbed has hand along his jaw. “In that case, wecould pretend to be cousins by marriage. And then we can both act appalled by the connection.” Jack laughed,feeling his anger dissipate. "
24 " It’s only that I prefer to think that there’s some order governing the world, some absolute rights and wrongs,and I like to think that order overlaps with the law at least to some extent.” “It does, somewhat.” Barely.Sometimes. On a good day, and only if you squinted your eyes "
25 " Oh, to hell with decent people. They’re exhausting. Make one feel so evil, when really one simply has one’s own concerns. "
― Cat Sebastian , A Gentleman Never Keeps Score (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #2)
26 " He smelled of carbolic soap and tea, which Leo thought was the most honest thing in the world for a man to smell like, and he was never going to have tea or wash his hands without thinking of this man. "
― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)
27 " There, now my principles are in confusion and I hate it. "
― Cat Sebastian , The Ruin of a Rake (The Turners #3)
28 " It was his professional opinion that all you had to do was scratch a snoop and find a blackmailer, and blackmail complicated matters dreadfully. "
29 " Imagine Sir Walter Scott, but if every woman in English history dabbled in witchcraft or murder. "
― Cat Sebastian , A Delicate Deception (Regency Imposters, #3)
30 " He didn’t have the imagination to orchestrate illicit liaisons, nor the cunning to do anything sly. He had all the subtlety of a puppy, all the capacity for guile of a newborn baby. "
31 " Maybe you need to get rid of your idea of better. Your boots are better than mine, but they won’t fit my feet. "
32 " Neat categories of valid relationships that everyone understood, phrases of belonging that could be etched concisely onto tombstones: beloved son, devoted wife. There were even rules for how to grieve people in each category, how many months to wear a black armband and whether one could dance. Captain Dacre didn’t have any of that, and Ben felt his heart twist in his chest at what that must cost him. "
― Cat Sebastian , It Takes Two to Tumble (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #1)
33 " So, is this to be a business arrangement?”“No! Of course not. I want to share my meals and my bed and my life with the man I love. Christ, Jack. Don’t say such filthy things. "
34 " but Jack still felt as if she were waiting for him to do something unspeakable at any moment. She was right, of course, but still it grated. "
35 " No,” Jack said after a moment. “That is not how it works. With all due respect,” he remarked, managing toconvey no respect whatsoever, “you wouldn’t know whether or not he was decent. You couldn’t, in fact. Youplay cards with him, maybe drink or make idle conversation. He has no power over you to be anything otherthan decent. It’s his wife and servants who know the truth. You would likely have thought your brother-in-law adecent fellow had you met him at your club. "
36 " Oliver began unwinding his cravat with one bloody hand. “Do you often have people shooting at you?”Sometimes. “No.” “I don’t like this at all. "
37 " He wanted to memorize every inch of her, every curve and angle, the strong length of her thigh and the delicate bones of her wrist, storing up memories against a bleak and empty tomorrow. But that wasn’t how love worked. Love wasn’t a sum safely invested in the five percents. One couldn’t prevent future sorrow by capitalizing on present bliss. All he could do was have this moment, wring all the joy out of it, and then somehow continue after it was over. "
― Cat Sebastian , Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters, #1)
38 " There had been a time when he thought of himself as an arm of justice, but now he knew he was more like a cat bringing home a mouse to leave on his owner’s pillow. "
39 " Cora, you’re going to give the poor man a fit,” Edith remonstrated. “He’s gone as white as a sheet. I’m too old to dig graves in the frozen ground. "
40 " He kept regular hours, avoided any human interaction more complicated than afternoon tea, and read for exactly thirty minutes before bed. "