From "Seven Sisters", a Benni Harper mystery by Earlene Fowler:
" 'Benni.' All his don't-interfere, this-is-none-of-your-business, leave-it-to-the-professionals, you're-going-to-really-get-hurt-someday lectures were summed up in that one word. Marriage shorthand. You gotta love it."
Last Edit: Jun 22, 2021 9:49:55 GMT -7 by tealadytoo
You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
(I don't think they are in order but I did have these saved in a file, with a few quotes taken from Goodreads.)
Part-1 “What happened to your stammer?"
"I suppose I must feel comfortable with you. I tend to stammer less with certain people."
"No one's ever told me that I'm a comfortable sort. I'm sure I don't like it. I'll have to do something diabolical soon to correct your impression.”
Part-2 “It’s impossible,” he snapped.
“Why?”
“Because I’m Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent. I can’t be celibate. Everyone knows that.”
Part-3 “I’ll take your bet,” he said grimly. “I’m going to win it. And in three months, I’m going to put this back on your finger, and take you to bed, and do things to you that are outlawed in the civilized world.”
Part-4
“It’s a mistake, you know. You have no idea of what you’ll be exposed to…the obscenities and lewd comments, the lecherous gazes, the groping and pinching…and that’s just at my house. Imagine what it would be like here.”
"Mari began to suspect that this reflection was going to prove to be like that little computer paperclip assistant -- at first it helps, but after a while you just want the paperclip to die."