390 Quotes by Tessa Dare

Confidence did more to enhance a woman’s beauty than any kohl or rouge could manage.

I can’t agree to a convenient arrangement, my lord. Your devotion to duty may be admirable, but ‘lie back and think of England’ simply isn’t for me.” His voice became low and dark. “I cannot promise you everything you might wish, but I promise you this: When I take you to bed, you will not be thinking of England.” “Oh.

Alex worked for her living, setting clocks in the homes of wealthy customers, and she didn’t have time for dreams. She set goals, and she worked to achieve them. Feet on the ground, shoulders squared, and head on straight. She would not – absolutely not – be carried away with romantic fantasies.

Most lasses like it when a man kills the bugs. Along with reaching high places and giving sexual pleasure, it’s one of the few universally popular qualities we have on offer.

I’m attached to you, you idiot. You’re my best friend, and my brother by blood. No one who loves you expects you to be perfect. If by some miracle you managed it, we wouldn’t recognize you.

The older woman smiled. “Now, that was satisfying. I never knew until this moment how much I wanted to have henchmen.

She couldn’t help being a weasel. She was born that way.

Forget birds singing, bells ringing, brooks quaintly babbling over rocks. Choirs of angels could go hang. Her voice, even scratchy and weak, was the most beautiful thing he’d ever heard.

He couldn’t compare a woman to a torrentially beautiful monsoon, and then look surprised that he’d gotten wet.