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01c. 1948 AD

You're not having sex with him. I know these guys, and you don't. I'm trusting you with Claudia Reeshman. You need to trust me about Dean Robillard." She wouldn't let him off that easily. "You're looking for a wife. Maybe I'm just looking for a little fun." "If you need fun," he shot back, 'I'll give you fun." She was stunned.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips / quote

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02c. 1948 AD

In case you’re not bright enough to figure it out, there’s a real upside to having a sinner like me answer your phone. I lie, and your conscience stays clear.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips / quote

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03c. 1948 AD

And no matter what anybody says, I don't believe all this trouble started when women got the vote. As far as I'm concerned, it goddamn well got started when you taught each other how to read.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips / quote

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04c. 1948 AD

I love you, Daisy. I love you so much I hurt.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips / quote

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05c. 1948 AD

Damn. It looks to me like I just missed the best reunion since Sherman got together with Atlanta.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips / quote

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06c. 1948 AD

If I told you, you might be forced to lie about it. Not that you aren't really good at it, but why put an old man in that position?

Susan Elizabeth Phillips / quote

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07c. 1948 AD

wouldn't you like to make sure all those millions you give to Uncle Sam went to schools and hospitals instead of nuclear warheads?'As a matter of fact, he would. Playgrounds for big kids, preschool programs to little ones, and mandatory LASIK surgery for NFL refs.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips / quote

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08c. 1948 AD

Eat your heart out. Oh, wait. You can’t. It’s not organic.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips / quote

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09c. 1948 AD

Was there some basic flaw in her makeup that made her keep falling in love with this man who couldn’t love her back?

Susan Elizabeth Phillips / quote

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10c. 1948 AD

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 / quote

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11c. 1948 AD

When that bastard calls back, you tell him he’s won this round. I’ll marry him. But I don’t take well to being blackmailed, and tell him I intend to spend the rest of my life making him miserable, got that?

Susan Elizabeth Phillips / quote

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12c. 1948 AD

Hold it right there. The only agreement we ever had was that you intended to make me as miserable as possible, and I intended to courageously make the best of an intolerable situation like valiant Southern women have always done.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips / quote

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13c. 1948 AD

You have a college degree? You can barely talk.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips / quote

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14c. 1948 AD

He set the suitcases in the back then tossed her the keys. "You drive."She repressed a smile as she climbed behind the wheel. "With each passing day, your reasons for wanting a wife become clearer.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips / quote

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15c. 1948 AD

I was kidding. Even I'm not that promiscuous. You guru people have no sense of humor.”“I'm not a guru people, and I happen to have a very well developed sense of humor. Why else would I still be talking to you?

Susan Elizabeth Phillips / quote

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