Annabelle Quotes

• Disappointment mixed with bitter acceptance flashed in her eyes. "Maybe you are real," she said. "It would require a dark side I don't have to create someone like you." "You forgot to say 'no offense' before making that statement." "No, I didn't. I meant offense." Bold little human, wasn't she? -Annabelle and Zacharel

  Gena Showalter

  Disappointment, Real, Eye

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• So much of what makes a room great is how you enter and circulate through it, how it addresses the body.

  Annabelle Selldorf

  Body, Addresses, Rooms

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• Shush me again, I dare you." - Annabelle

  Gena Showalter

  Dare

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• All clients think that they are architects.

  Annabelle Selldorf

  Thinking, Clients, Architect

  "Interview with Architect Annabelle Selldorf". Interview with Philip Nobel, www.architecturaldigest.com. March 31, 2013.

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• You'll need to do a better job, Annabelle. No more dates like the first one tonight." "Agreed. And no more making me sit through your Power Matches introductions, either. As you so wisely pointed out, helping Portia Powers isn't in my best interests." "Then why are you still trying to talk me into seeing Melanie again?" "Hunger makes me weird." "You got rid of the last one in fourteen minutes. Well done. I'm rewarding you by letting you sit in on all the introductions from now on." She nearly choked on an ice cube. "What are you talking about?" "Exactly what I said.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Jobs, Talking, Ice

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• The question is… How did a girl like Annabelle manage to talk a man like you into joining our silly little family party?” Annabelle smiled sweetly. “I promised he could tie me up afterward and spank me.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Girl, Party, Silly

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• Where are we going?” Annabelle asked, resisting his hold on her wrist. “To the house. If they’re not willing to be witnesses, then it seems I’ll have to debauch you in front of someone else.

  Lisa Kleypas

  House, Wrists, Witness

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Secrets Of A Summer Night: Number 1 in series”, p.196, Hachette UK

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• Hunt seemed similarly indifferent to the show, his head inclined toward hers, his gaze locked on her face. Though his breathing remained soft and disciplined, it seemed to her that its rhythm had changed ever so slightly. Annabelle moistened her dry lips. “You …you mustn’t stare at me like that.” Soft as the murmur was, he caught it. “With you here, nothing else is worth looking at.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Breathing, Dry, Faces

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• It shall be my pleasure to remedy it. First, it is not your strength or your speed that draws me. It's your...everything. Your laugh, your wit, your emotions and the way they change. Your courage, your sweetness, your near obsessive delight in cookies. Second, you are indeed a prize. You've made me want what no one else ever had. A communion of bodies." -Zacharel to Annabelle

  Gena Showalter

  Laughing, Cookies, Delight

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• sometimes knowing when to give up is the real test of character... -annabelle granger

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Giving Up, Real, Character

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• Suddenly self-conscious, she shifted from one booted foot to the other. "I asked the cloud for battle-ready clothing, and this is what I got. There are slits all over the pants, for easy access to the weapons, I'm guessing. But the bustier has me stumped. Unless, of course, the cloud thinks my cleavage will stun my opponents into stupidity." -Annabelle

  Gena Showalter

  Thinking, Clouds, Self

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• You are beyond frustrating," she grumbled. "Why can't you do what I ask you to do without issuing a million questions first?" "I could say the same of you." "I don't--Argh." She raised a fist at him. "So maybe I do ask a lot of questions. So what. Anyone in my position would do the same. Besides, I'm a girl and that's my job. You're a boy. You're supposed to pound your chest with your fists and grunt, then do everything in your power to please me." "Hardly. The man you just described is more likely to knock you over the head with a club and drag you away by the hair." -Annabelle and Zacharel

  Gena Showalter

  Girl, Jobs, Boys

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• A little tip for you, Winged Wonder. Don't threaten the woman you want to seduce." See Annabelle take control. He reached out, gently brushed his fingertip along her collarbone. "If it means saving your life, I'll do more than threaten you. I'll follow through. Best you realize that now, rather than cry foul later.

  Gena Showalter

  Mean, Saving, Want

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• I'm not sure why we want each other," she grumbled. "Nor am I, but the fact remains that we do want each other." "Maybe I'm just shallow. You're quite pretty." "For now, that will do." Infuriating man. Couldn't take an insult the way she intended. -Annabelle and Zacharel

  Gena Showalter

  Men, Want, Way

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• Annabelle gave him a chiding smile. “If you’re implying that I’m spoiled, I assure you that I am not.” “You should be.” His warm gaze slid over her pink-tinted face and slender upper body, then sought hers again. There was a note in his voice that gently robbed her of breath. “You could do with a bit of spoiling.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Voice, Body, Faces

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• We’re only human.” “One of us, anyway. The other’s a reptile.” “Harsh, Annabelle. Very harsh.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Reptiles, Harsh, Humans

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• We are hidiously rich Annabelle-- and I've got three older brothers, all unmarried. Would you consider one of them? If you like, I'll have one shipped across the Atlantic for your inspection." -Lillian Bowman

  Lisa Kleypas

  Brother, Three, Rich

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Secrets Of A Summer Night: Number 1 in series”, p.64, Hachette UK

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• I spent most of my youth hauling sides of beef and pork to my father's shop. Carrying you is far more enjoyable." "How sweet," Annabelle mumbled sickly, her eyes closed. "Every woman dreams of being told that she's preferable to a dead cow.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Dream, Sweet, Father

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• Sometimes maybe you should let someone you love travel great distances away from you. You shouldn’t think you needed to set out to retrieve them and put them back where they belonged. Sometimes they were only safe and happy, like Annabelle Aurora. And then other times, it was just possible they were lost at sea. It would be your duty, then, to get out into the boat and search, even if the waves were choppy and the wind was howling the protests of the dead.

  Deb Caletti

  Distance, Thinking, Wind

  Deb Caletti (2011). “Stay”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't need to be fixed anymore. That job's already been done. I love you, Annabelle. -Heath Champion-

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Jobs, Love You, Champion

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