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Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2) QUOTES

Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2) QUOTES

1 " She was a woman of combined beauty and quiet strength. No wonder he had fallen in love with her so many years ago. No wonder he was in love with her now.
And she would never know it. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

2 " She kissed him, her lips lingering on his. It was Pembroke who pulled away, raising his glass to her.

"To Lady Pembroke, the only woman I will ever love. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

3 " I have loved you all my life. I will always love you. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

4 " I love you, Raymond. Now and forever. I think that love is eternal for me. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

5 " The warm sun caught in the green of the leaves overhead, setting dappled shadow to dance across her face as Pembroke held her in his arms. He waltzed with her over the uneven ground as if tree roots and broken leaves did not exist, as if they were alone in a world of their own making.

He stopped suddenly but did not let her go. He held her close so that she could feel the heat of his body against hers and the beat of his heart.

"I had better stop," he said. "There are no Almack's ladies to keep me on my best behavior here."

"I find I like your roguish ways, Raymond. Feel free to practice them on me anytime you wish. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

6 " Before this, she had always been afraid. This night, she felt as if she would never be afraid again. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

7 " She froze with him, the beauty draining out of the moment, sliding down and away from her like warm water down a drain. She clutched at the warmth, at the joy she had experienced, but she could not hold it. Like all good things, it was not meant to last. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

8 " He drew her down to lie across his chest, wrapping his arms around her as if to protect her from the world and from all the people in it. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

9 " I am sorry he hurt you," Pembroke said. "I would kill him, too, if he still lived. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

10 " You will never know pain again, Arabella. I swear it. I will stand between you and what would harm you every day for the rest of my life. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

11 " She did not think of the loss of the past or of the loss to come. She simply lay with her head on her lover's chest, sweet touches the only talk between them. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

12 " I knew you'd have him. I knew it the first time I laid eyes on you together. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

13 " She followed his lead and let herself move without thinking, an unaccustomed luxury. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

14 " She wanted him with a consuming hunger, but she did not throw herself at him. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

15 " She knew that he loved her, but she also knew that he meant to tempt her to abandon her future, and to join her life to his.

But she had been married once already. A wife belonged body and soul to her husband. She did not exist under the law but could be put away or ignored at his will. She could be cut off without a penny, no matter what dowry she brought to the match. A wife was nothing, a nonentity, a ghost. As much as she loved Pembroke, as much as she always would, she was alive. She had fought hard for her life, and she would keep it. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

16 " Their time together was a stolen season. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

17 " I'll explain later. It is too fine a day for melodrama. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

18 " His voice was husky when he answered her, strangled with longing and with all that they could not speak of again. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

19 " Though his longing to keep her was palpable, it matched her longing for him. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)

20 " If that's what you want, Arabella, you shall have it. Never let it be said that I said no to a lady. "

― Christy English , Love on a Midsummer Night (Shakespeare in Love, #2)