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In Bed with the Devil (Scoundrels of St. James, #1) QUOTES

In Bed with the Devil (Scoundrels of St. James, #1) QUOTES

1 " There’s no such thing as perfection, and even if there were, I think it’d be rather boring. "

― , In Bed with the Devil (Scoundrels of St. James, #1)

2 " Have you ever wanted something so badly that you would do anything, believe anything in order to acquire it? "

― , In Bed with the Devil (Scoundrels of St. James, #1)

3 " Gossip about us will abound tomorrow,” he said quietly.

“I suspect it will abound tonight.”

“And you don’t care.”

“Not one whit. I have wanted to dance with you since the first ball I ever saw you attend.”

“You looked so young and innocent that night, dressed in white. Who would have thought you were such a hellion?”

She wasn’t certain whether he was striving to compliment or insult her, but it didn’t matter. What mattered was that he appeared to recall as many details about that night as she did. “You remember what I was wearing?”

“I remember everything about you that night. You wore pink ribbons in your hair and pearls against your throat.”

“The pearls were my mother’s.”

“You were standing amongst a gaggle of girls, and you stood out not because of your beauty—which far exceeded theirs—but because of your refusal to be cowed. No one has ever challenged me as you do, Catherine.”

“No one has ever intrigued me as you do, my lord. "

― , In Bed with the Devil (Scoundrels of St. James, #1)

4 " Have you ever loved anyone?"
"You mean besides my mum?"
Luke was dumbfounded as he stared at Jack. He knew his friend's story. "She sold you when you were five."
Jack shrugged. "Doesn't mean I didn't love her. Just means she didn't love me. "

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5 " You don't care what people think," he said.

She couldn't tell from the way he emphasized the words if he was asking a question or making an observation. Still, she felt obliged to answer.
"Of course I care. To a certain extent we all care, but we can't care to the point that we live in fear of others' opinion, that we allow them to change who we are. We must be willing to stand up and defend what represents the very core of our being. Otherwise what is the purpose of individuality? We'd be nothing but imitations of each other, and I daresay we'd all be rather boring. "

― , In Bed with the Devil (Scoundrels of St. James, #1)

6 " Sometimes having the dream makes you more content than having the reality. "

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7 " Oh, Papa, I've done something terribly silly. I've fallen in love with someone, and he loves another. The strange thing is, as much as it hurts, I only want him to be happy. And if she'll make him happy, I want him to have her. "

― , In Bed with the Devil (Scoundrels of St. James, #1)

8 " Could love have only one side to it and still be love? "

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9 " You worry me, Catherine. You seem to think you're quite invincible.”

“I'm well aware that I'm not. But I'll not spend my life cowering. That would be no life at all. "

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10 " The price you pay for waltzing with the devil is residing in hell. "

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11 " I'd have never thought that remembering would bring with it far more trouble than forgetting. "

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12 " Where do you find your faith in me, Catherine?"
"From coming to know you. "

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13 " You are now in league with the devil, my lady. May you rest easier at night than I "

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14 " Sighing, she looked out at the fog. It was like life, preventing her from seeing what was beyond reach. She wasn’t unhappy. She simply felt that something important was missing from her life "

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15 " He's always said if you wish to die rich, invest in vice. "

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16 " I know you don't think he's good enough for me, but then you don't think any man is good enough for me. "

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17 " I adore you, Frannie. You know that. I always have."
She gave him the smile that had always warmed him, but it was not that threatened to bring him to his knees. He would kill to keep that smile on her face. But to keep Catherine smiling, he would willingly die.
"But you love Catherine," Frannie said quietly. "

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18 " They were bound together by the things they’d done. Things the nobility could never comprehend being desperate enough to do "

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19 " If you ever put yourself in harm’s way like that again, I’ll put you over my knee."

"And do what?" she asked indignantly.

He lifted his gaze to hers, and she saw the worry in his eyes, before he smiled.
"Kiss your bare bottom. "

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20 " My friendship with Jack remains strained. I want to believe that he was duped, but he has always been far too clever to fall for another man's ruse. So we have added yet one more thing to our relationship about which we never speak. Sometimes I think we will break beneath the weight of it, but on those occasions I have but to look at my wife in order to find the strength to carry on. I am determined to be worthy of her and that requires that I be a far stronger and better man than I had ever planned to be.
We see Frannie from time to time, not as often as we'd like unfortunately. She did eventually marry, but that is her story to tell.
Dear Frannie, darling Frannie.
She shall always remain the love of my youth, the one for whom I sold my soul to the devil. But Catherine, my beloved Catherine, shall always be the center of my heart, the one who, in the final hour, would not let the devil have me. "

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