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Tessa Dare Quotes | Quotes said by Tessa Dare

  • Tessa Dare Quote #1

    Truly? That whole determined, dangerous saunter across the room was for me? In that case, would you mind going back and doing it all over again? Slowly this time, and with feeling.


  • Tessa Dare Quote #2

    —Porque yo estoy aquí, con ganas de darte un elogio apropiado, pero mi vocabulario miserable me lo impide. Creo que lo que necesitamos es una excursión científica. Tengo que aventurarme en una selva donde la belleza ocupe el lugar de la lluvia. Donde la misma hermosura caiga del cielo a intervalos regulares. Salpique cada superficie, sature el suelo, flote como vapor en el aire. Porque la forma en que te ves en estos momentos... —Su mirada atrapó la de ella en el reflejo—. Allí tendrían una palabra para eso.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #3

    A better man wouldn’t play this ‘sweethearts’ game with her when he knew very well it couldn’t lead to more.

    But he wasn’t a better man. He was Colin Sandhurst, reckless, incorrigible rogue—and damn it, he couldn’t resist. He wanted to amuse her, spoil her, feed her sweets and delicacies. Steal a kiss or two, when she wasn’t expecting it. He wanted to be a besotted young buck squiring his girl around the fair.

    In other words, he wanted to live honestly. Just for the day.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #4

    A hint of sensual frustration roughened his voice.
    “And I will curse the gods along with them, Min. Some wild monsoon raged through me as I looked at you just now. It’s left me rearranged inside, and I don’t have a map.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #5

    A man might engage in flirtation with distinterest, even disdain. But he never teases without affection.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #6

    And she was well-enough acquainted with loneliness to understand that the worst part wasn't having nobody caring for you - it was having nobody to care for.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #7

    Because I can only love you entirely. With everything I am, and everything I ever will be. Body, mind, heart, soul.” - Victor Bramwell, Earl of Rycliff.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #8

    Clearly the sight of a well-muscled forearm incited a woman to utter depravity. How else to explain the invention of cuffs?

  • Tessa Dare Quote #9

    Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #10

    Don’t. Don’t play that game.” His brow pressed to hers. “When I heard you cry out . . . it was like a saber to the gut. I wanted to die.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #11

    Forgive me, Your Grace. Are you suggesting a woman is some sort of … piece of fruit to you? One squeeze, and you know if she’s ripe?

  • Tessa Dare Quote #12

    Griff had never been the fanciful sort, even as a boy. When he was with Pauline, the world was different. She forced him to see things through fresh eyes. Suddenly his library was the eighth wonder of the world, and Corinthian columns merited blasphemy. A ferry across the Thames was an epic journey, and a kiss . . . a kiss was everything.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #13

    Have you been kissed before?”

    “I don’t know whether to say yes or no. Which answer will make you do it again?”

    “Oh, I’m going to do it again.” His thumb stroked her cheek. “Just wanted to know how slow to take things.”

    “A little faster would be fine.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #14

    He had no secrets left. No defenses. He had nothing, except that same vast, dark, empty, infinite ache that had resided in him for as long as he could remember. An endless flight of stairs, leading down and down into the cold, dark pit of his soul. Now, at long last, he'd reached the absolute rock bottom. And there she was, just standing there. She'd been there all along.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #15

    He had to feel those lips on him again. Had. To. This wasn’t a mild expression of preference. This was an imperative. His body was insistent. To continue his
    existence on this earth, he now needed the following: food, water, shelter, clothing, and Minerva Highwood’s lips.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #16

    He laced his hands behind his neck and propped his boots on the opposite arm of the sofa. If an artist were to capture this image, it would have been labeled,Smugness: A Portrait. She wanted to shake him.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #17

    He lay on the bed, freshly shaven and washed, legs crossed at the ankles and arms propped behind his head. His posture said, Yes, ladies. I truly am this handsome. And I don't even have to try.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #18

    He rubbed his hands up and down, warming her. “Then that’s all you need to know. I have you. If there are beasties in the dark, they have to get through me

  • Tessa Dare Quote #19

    Her chin lifted. Very well. Here is my best offer. Half of my nakedness for all of yours.

    He pretended to think on it. It's a bargain.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #20

    Her,” he said. “I’ll take her.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #21

    I don't care who he is. He needs to disappear. Ransom turned and called out the window. For the love of G-d man. I have England's sweetheart bent over the desk and panting for me. Go away and come back tomorrow.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #22

    I knew right then you were the only one for me. He pulled her hand
    from his face, kissed her palm, then pressed it flat against his chest. Beatings, battles, fights. No matter how bleak the circumstance, no matter how my soul despaired ... this heart never once gave up. His voice deepened, went thick with emotion. I've a theory as to why. Do you want to hear it?
    She nodded.
    This heart is yours. It's yours, he said. It always will be.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #23

    I know how mirrors work. They're all in league with the cosmetics trade. They tell a woman lies. Drawing her gaze from one imagined flaw to another, until all she sees is a constellation of imperfections. If you could get outside yourself, borrow my eyes for just an instant... There is only beauty.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #24

    I never thought Greek philosophy could make a damn bit of sense to me. And most of it didn't, but those words just seemed right. 'Love is composed of a single soul, inhabiting two bodies.' He took her by the shoulders drawing her close. It rang true for me, in a way nothing else did. Whatever soul I had, Katie, I think I placed it in your keeping twenty years ago. And now, it's as if...every time we kiss, you give a little piece of it back.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #25

    I slept well last night. But when I woke this morning, I missed you so intensely. I don't even know how to describe the sensation. I looked at the other pillow, and it just seemed wrong that you weren't there. As though I'd woken up missing my own arm or half of my heart. I felt incomplete. So I rose, and dressed, and I just started walking toward you--because I couldn't move in any there direction.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #26

    I was afraid. Of getting hurt in other ways. To be truthful, I still am.
    His thumb stroked her cheek. I would never hurt you.
    I don't think you can promise me that. She squeezed his bruised fingers. But it makes things a bit more equal, to know that I can hurt you, too.
    His gaze fell to her lips. He said simply, without any trace of irony, You are killing me.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #27

    I will insist you be man enough to take it. I won’t have you making light of my feelings, or making light of yourself—as if you’re not worthy of them. Because you are worthy, Colin. You’re a generous, good-hearted person, and you deserve to be loved. Deeply, truly, well, and often.”

    He looked utterly bewildered. Well, what did he expect, after the power he’d given her? He couldn’t compare a woman to a torrentially beautiful monsoon, and then look surprised that he’d gotten wet. “You reckless man.” She laid a touch to his cheek. “You really should be more careful with those compliments.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #28

    I'm going to build that house with my own hands, from the foundation to the roof. I'm going to do it for us, and I'm going to do it right, so it lasts forever. Can't go raising walls on a shaky foundation. Can't go slapping thatch over rafters so thin, they'll topple with the first winter storm. Do you know?
    She nodded. I know.
    He reached for her hand. It's the same with us. I mean to build something with you. Something that will last. Much as I want you, I don't want to rush and bollocks it up.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #29

    I'm infatuated with you, I cannot deny it. Physically speaking, you're a very attractive man. But I don't like you, the vast majority of the time. So far as I can gather, you behave abominably in public and are only marginally better in private. I only find you remotely tolerable when you're kissing me.

  • Tessa Dare Quote #30

    I'm not going to accept your challenge. There will be no duel.
    Why not? Because I'm a woman?
    No, because I've seen the way you spinsters handle a pistol. You'd shoot me dead where I stood.

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