Chasing Cassandra Quotes
"I like barging into places where I hadn’t been invited, knowing I was too rich for anyone to dare throw him out."
"Nothing but romantic drivel, lukewarm food, and far, far too many flowers."
"The only thing Tom liked to do with nature was cover it with roads, bridges, and railway tracks."
"Everyone here seemed genuinely happy, which Tom found both annoying and somewhat mystifying."
"He was happier than most of these people, or at least richer, which was more or less the same thing."
"He’d been overtaken by a gradual, creeping awareness that all his usual appetites had been blunted."
"The ancient Jacobean house had the typical dilapidated-but-luxurious look of an ancestral country manor."
"Most people would have agreed that Hampshire, with its green hills, lush woodland, and sparkling chalk streams, was one of the most naturally beautiful places on earth."
"What’s the point of having someone’s trust if you won’t use it against them?"
"You probably would." West sounded far from admiring. "You may be a soulless bastard with the mindless appetite of a bull shark, but you’ve always been honest."
"But how could it be otherwise?" West asked softly. "All that matters to you is the chase."
"I wouldn’t mind marrying down, if I were in love_, Cassandra thought. Not at all."
"Love was a prankster, preferring to sneak up on people who were busy doing other things."
"Troubled are they who want the world, troubled are they who have it."
"No, long ago I identified the feelings that were helpful to me. I decided to keep those and not bother with the rest."
"It’s difficult for someone who was raised with hardly any rules to learn a great many at once."
"The stupid people are the ones who think they know everything."
""I know, I know," Tom said wearily. "Whenever I make the mistake of having this conversation, it’s what everyone says. But even if love were real, why would I want it?"
""What children feel as love is a survival instinct. It’s a way of encouraging their parents to care for them until they can do it themselves."
"If he robs me blind, Winterborne, I’m sending you the blasted bill."
"One has friends for conversations, not husbands."
"The earldom was created by Queen Mary in 1565. One would be hard-pressed to find a more ancient dignity."
"Socially ill-matched though he and Miss Howard are, one can’t deny they’re a striking pair."
"Every girl in this room is worth asking. You and the other young men weren’t invited to please yourselves, you’re here to serve as dance partners."
"All you have to do is relax. We’ll go slowly. I know how to make it good for you. You’re going to leave this bed a happy woman."
"As a man who likes to unwrap his own presents... yes."
"Sweet darling... I imagined it about ten seconds after we met, and I haven’t stopped since."
"There’s nothing for you to worry about, Cassandra. All you have to do is relax."
"You don’t have to beg. It was a suggestion, not a requirement."
"Feelings are inconvenient," Tom said. "It's why I decided to limit mine to five."
"I love you, Cassandra," came his shaken voice.
"You shouldn’t have come to bed in a red nightgown, then."
"You’re always hungry. Fortunately, we’re about to have a nice, long afternoon tea with all the pastries you want."
"Never do yer own work if you can make someone else do it for yer."
"That’s the surprise? But we have tea every day."
"My guess is, whoever chiseled that symbol was a mathematician or scientist."
"Their marriage had a beginning and end, but every day of it was filled with forever."
"I may be quite pleased with what’s already there."