221 Quotes by Sarah MacLean

"I intend to play. We require a dealer."Michael's gaze snapped to her as Langford sneered, "I will not play cards with a woman."She took the seat at one side of the table. "I usually will not play cards with men who rob children of their inheritance, but tonight appears to be one for exceptions."Cross looked to Michael. "She is incredible."Possessiveness flared as he took his seat, eyes on his wife. "She is mine."

"Must I remind you that it was the Romans who brought civilization to your country?"Ralston's eyebrows rose. "You plan to be a challenge, do you?"Juliana smiled angelically. "I agreed to remain, my lord. Not to remain silent."

"They'll even marry an aging spinster to get it."She hated him then. Hated the words, the way he spoke them with such simple cruelty. Tears threatened."

"If my work has taught me anything, it is this: While a great many curiosities can be explained using thorough scientific research and sound logic, there are a handful of them that resist such easy hypothesis. These mysteries tend to be the most human. The most important.Chief among them is love."

"It ain't my problem if the ladies are drawn to me," Digger said. "A gentleman doesn't turn 'em away if they're askin' for a minute or two." His eyes slid to Pippa once more. "Ain't that right, Lady Soon-to-be-a-countess?""I find it difficult to believe either that ladies are drawn to you or that, in such a case, you would act the part of a gentleman," Pippa retorted."

"I beg your pardon, Mr. Cross, but in this conversation, you are superfluous."He gave her his most frightening stare. "I assure you, I am anything but that.""Am I right in understanding that you have neither the time nor the inclination to speak to me at this particular moment?"She had backed him into a corner. "Yes."She smiled. "There it is, then. As I find myself with both, I believe I shall begin my research now. Without you." She turned her back on him."

"I must have an excellent connection at a nearby hothouse.""You do. My younger sister- Philippa- grows the loveliest flowers, year-round, at Needham Manor."He leaned forward, mocking in his whisper. "The first rule of falsehoods is that we only tell them about ourselves, darling."She watched the spindly birch trees at the road's edge fading into the white snow beyond. "It's not a falsehood. Pippa is a horticulturist."

"I might as well marry Castleton," Pippa said. "It will make Father happy. And I shall never have to see the inside of a season again. Think of all the visits to the dressmaker I can forgo."Penelope smiled at the jest, even as she wanted to open her mouth and scream at the unfairness of it all. Pippa did not deserve a loveless marriage any more than the other Marbury girls did."

"You are an astronomer as well as a mathematician?"He turned to face her, finally, half his face cast into shadowy light from the manor beyond. "You are a horticulturalist as well as an anatomist?"She smiled. "We are surprising, aren't we?"His lips twitched. "We are."

"Did you not lose a wager with me that prohibited precisely this kind of interaction?" The words were harsh and unkind. Not that he cared. He turned to Sally. "Leave now, Sally."Pippa raised her chin in what he was coming to think of as her most frustrating stance. "I promised no questioning other men. There was nothing in the wager relating to women."He opened his mouth to reply. Closed it."