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1 " What does this mean exactly?" he said. "What does it mean? What does it mean?" She gazed at him in disbelief, then realized it wasn't a good idea to stare at him too long, because he had barely any clothes on, and she might be blushing, which was annoying."Yes, what does it mean he said?"....She stomped towards him. She pointed to the lines above her signature. "There" She stabbed the paper with her finger. "How much plainer can I make it?""Love.""Yes, I believe I mentioned that some time ago.""But you hate me too.""Not as much as I ought to. For heaven's sake Lucius. Must I draw pictures? How thick can a man be? No never mind. I know the answer to that. "
― Loretta Chase , Ten Things I Hate About the Duke (Difficult Dukes, #2)
2 " I only meant, shall I go away or would you rather I didn't" Because, you see, you can be a trifle confusing sometimes. For a simple man. And I made up my mind I wouldn't give you any more cause to be unhappy. Or to despise yourself. I was going away to give you time without me here, looming over you constantly and trying to sweep you off your feet. And to give me time as well, to think...about my life. And also in the hopes that absence would make the heart grow fonder. Not my heart, because if it were any fonder it would explode or melt or disintegrate in some fashion. "
3 " They had nothing. He wanted to weep. She makes men cry, Morris had said. Maybe they ought to. "
4 " The two children whose parents had been cheated and taken advantage of while they only tried to live decent lives. "