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I want more from life than that and I have more to give.

Judith McNaught

Giving, Want

Judith McNaught (2016). “Once and Always”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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Don't do this to us." He warned, his voice hoarse with angry desperation as he realize he was losing her. "You're letting eleven years of mistrust color everything you've discovered I've done".

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Color, Years, Voice

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Matt: I know you can cook. Meredith: What makes you so sure? Matt: Because less than an hour ago, you set me on fire.

Judith McNaught

Fire, Hours, Cooks

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I do not believe that grief is ever so great that it can not be contained within.

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Grief, Believe, Bereavement

Judith McNaught (2016). “Once and Always”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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Behold your new mistress, my wife," he pronounced, "and know that when she bids you, I have bidden you. What service you render her, you are rendering me. What loyalty you give or withhold from her, you give or withhold from me!" -Royce Westmoreland

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Loyalty, Giving, Wife

Judith McNaught (1991). “A Kingdom of Dreams”, p.289, Simon and Schuster

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What happens to me if this slipper fits?" "I turn you into a handsome frog.

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Hands, Frogs, Fit

Judith McNaught (2016). “Double Standards”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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God help him." He chortled. "He doesn't realize he loves her. And even if he did, he wouldn't admitted it." -Dr. Whitticomb

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Drs, Helping, Realizing

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Love" and all the obsessive behaviors associated with it, was an absurd emotion.

Judith McNaught

Emotion, Behavior, Absurd

Judith McNaught (2016). “Whitney, My Love”, Simon and Schuster

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Some of the most unkind,judgmental people I've ever known go to church every Sunday and read the Bible. I don't know how some people are able to disassociate their own cruelty and shortcomings from their religious obligations and convictions, but many are able to do that.

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Religious, Sunday, People

Judith McNaught (2003). “Someone to Watch Over Me”

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How am I doing so far?" she asked, forcing a cheerful lightness into her voice. "You're doing very well," Nick's lazy voice mocked. "I'm half convinced that I'm invisible.

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Voice, Lazy, Cheerful

Judith McNaught (2016). “Double Standards”, p.148, Simon and Schuster

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If I had a hundred kingdoms, I would trade them all for you, my dearest love. I was nothing until you.

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Kingdoms, Hundred, Trade

Judith McNaught (2016). “Until You”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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she kissed him with all the aching longing that being this close to him evoked; she kissed him in all the ways he had ever kissed her, feeling faint with joy when he began to kiss her back, his mouth moving with fierce tenderness, then opening with fiery demand over hers, until their breaths were mingled gasps, and they were straining to one another.

Judith McNaught

Moving, Kissing, Joy

Judith McNaught (2016). “Whitney, My Love”, Simon and Schuster

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They’re going to ask what you said. And if I tell Mr. Twindell you said heaven will be like this, he’ll be very disappointed. He’s counting, you know, on gold streets and angels and horses with wings.” “I see where that could be a problem,” Ian agreed, and he tenderly laid his hand against his son’s cheek. “In that case, you can tell him I said this is almost heaven.

Judith McNaught

Horse, Angel, Son

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She wept with shame for her lack of will and with fear for a love she couldn't control.

Judith McNaught

Shame

Judith McNaught (2016). “Perfect”, p.348, Simon and Schuster

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If I ever think you are even considering leaving me again, no matter how good you reasons, I'll have you locked in your rooms and the doors barricaded, so help me God." He lifted her foot and began to dry it. Her voice shaking, Whitney asked, "Will you stay locked in there with me?" He raised her dainty foot to his jaw and tenderly laid his cheek against it, then turned his head and kissed it. "Yes," he whispered. -Clayton Westmoreland

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Thinking, Doors, Voice

Judith McNaught (2016). “Whitney, My Love”, p.655, Simon and Schuster

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Childhood romances always seem so real, so enduring, when we are separated from the object of our affection. But usually, when we return, we find that our dreams and memories quiet surpassed reality. -Lady Anne, Whitney's aunt

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Dream, Memories, Real

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Royce Westmoreland stared at him with biting scorn. "I despise hypocrisy, particularly when it is coated with holiness." "May I ask for a specific example?" "Fat priests," Royce replied, "with fat purses, who lecture staving peasants on the dangers of gluttony and the merits of poverty.

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Hypocrisy, Example, Holiness

Judith McNaught (2016). “A Kingdom of Dreams”, p.266, Simon and Schuster

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What are you looking at?" Jordan demanded finally, watching her. "A dragon." When he looked bewildered she lifted her arm and pointed to the sky in the southeast. "Right there—that cloud—what do you see when you look at it?" "A fat cloud." Alexandra rolled her eyes at him. "What else do you see?" He was quiet for a moment studying the sky. "Five more fat clouds and three thin ones.

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Eye, Clouds, Dragons

Judith McNaught (2016). “Something Wonderful”, p.353, Simon and Schuster

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God help me if I ever injure my back," Clayton quipped. "God help you if you ever turn it," Whitney snapped, "for there'll surely be some heartbroken papa or cuckolded husband ready with a knife--if I don't murder you first.

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Heartbroken, Husband, Knives

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Reformed rakes often make the best husbands

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Husband, Rakes, Best Husband

Judith McNaught (2016). “Something Wonderful”, p.250, Simon and Schuster

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Love can't be forced into existence,(...)It won't come simply because you will it to happen

Judith McNaught

Existence, Happens

Judith McNaught (2016). “Once and Always”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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(...)Did she really tell Roddy Carstairs she could outshoot him with his own pistol?" "No," Jason said dryly. "She told him that if he made one more improper advance to her, she would shoot him- and if she missed, she would turn Wolf loose on him. And if Wolf didn't finish the job, she had every faith I would." Jason chuckled and shook his head. "It's the first time I've been nominated for the role of hero. I was a little crushed, however, to be second choice after the dog.

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Dog, Jobs, Hero

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Do you know why I married you, Philip?" "Presumably you wanted the financial security and social prestige I could offer." She chuckled at that and shook her head..."I believed," she confessed somberly, "I honestly believed that I had something to offer you too--something you needed. Do you know what it was?" "I can't imagine." "I thought I could teach you how to laugh and enjoy life." Philip and Caroline

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Laughing, Enjoy Life, Married

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Which brings me to the question of why we always 'fall' in love. One falls down steps, off ladders, into rivers and down mountains. If love is so wonderful, why don't we soar in love or climb in love?

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Falling In Love, Love Is, Rivers

Judith McNaught (2016). “Tender Triumph”, p.129, Simon and Schuster

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A lie is an affront to the soul, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the person to whom one lies.

Judith McNaught

Lying, Soul, Insult

Judith McNaught (2016). “Something Wonderful”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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