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Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters, #1) QUOTES

Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters, #1) QUOTES

1 " 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)

2 " The real Lord Pembroke wanted to read lurid novels and cuddle on the sofa. All this lord-of-the-manor business was because he was embarrassed by his father’s excesses and anxious about providing for those who would have been cut off without a groat if he hadn’t stepped in to shore up the estate’s finances. "

― Cat Sebastian , Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters, #1)

3 " Then tell me.” He’d fix it. Whatever it was, he’d move heaven and earth to make things right for her. Here he was sending her sweets and haberdashery, servants and barnyard fowl. Did she not understand that he would do more, if she would let him? "

― Cat Sebastian , Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters, #1)

4 " Can you even contemplate what it’s like to be a person your rules work against, Alistair? "

― Cat Sebastian , Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters, #1)

5 " If she wanted pleasure, he could give her that. If she wanted to break his heart more comprehensively than might otherwise have been the case, then so be it. His heart was hers to break. "

― Cat Sebastian , Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters, #1)

6 " Here me now, Alistair, I do not want anything to do with your shame. "

― Cat Sebastian , Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters, #1)

7 " I would trade everything I have—my rank and position, my fortune, the respect and admiration of my peers. All of it, just to have Robin back.” He shut his eyes so he wouldn’t have to see the pity on Mrs. Allenby’s face. He only realized the next morning, when he woke up in his own bed with a clear head, how much forbearance it must have required for her to refrain from pointing out that Alistair’s father had made precisely that trade. The late marquess had given up money and respect in order to have a life with the woman he loved. "

― Cat Sebastian , Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters, #1)

8 " He sat back down at his desk and attempted to write Robin a note. Something brief and friendly, just the sort of thing you write another man after licking his tongue on your sofa. "

― Cat Sebastian , Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters, #1)

9 " Most of his airs and graces are put-ons, and the rest are because he outranks practically everybody and doesn’t want anyone to forget it.” Really, she ought to try her hand at love poetry, she was so good at this. She made another attempt. "

― Cat Sebastian , Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters, #1)