Tessa Dare Quotes:-Tessa Dare is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling American historical romance novelist. She has authored fifteen novels and novellas and created four different series. In 2012, she won the prestigious Romance Writers of America RITA award for Best Regency Historical Romance for her book A Night to Surrender.
Inspirational Tessa Dare Quotes
“Dedication: For librarians and booksellers everywhere, who gather books and build shelters for tender souls.”-Tessa Dare
“Cleverness is like a rouge – liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it.”-Tessa Dare
“The pain of an injury is over in seconds. Everything that comes after is the pain of getting well.” He gave her a heartfelt look, full of apology. “I’d forgotten that you see. Coming back to life … It hurts.”-Tessa Dare
“Oh no. Don’t smile. You’ll kill me. I stop breathing when you smile.”-Tessa Dare
“He kissed her. Without warning, without permission. Without even deciding to do it, but simply because he couldn’t have done anything else. He needed that breath she was holding. It belonged to him, and he wanted it back.”-Tessa Dare
“She [Susanna] realized she was still hugging the wall. Pride propelled her two steps forward. As she advanced, something bleated at her, as though chastising her for trespassing. She stopped midstep and peered at it. “Did you know there’s a lamb in here?” “Never mind it. That’s dinner.” She gave it a smile and a friendly pat. “Hullo, Dinner. Aren’t you a sweet thing.” “It’s not his name, it’s his…function.”-Tessa Dare
Famous Tessa Dare Quotes About Love
“No, Susanna, ” he said. “I cannot love you just a little. If that’s what you want, you must find a different man.” His green eyes were breathtaking in their intensity. His thumb brushed her bottom lip. “Because I can only love you entirely. With everything I am, and everything I ever will be. Body, mind, heart, soul.”-Tessa Dare
“I’m so sorry to disappoint you,” she said, breathing hard. “But it would take far more than that to scare me.” A quick flex of his arms, and their bodies collided. And he whispered, just as his mouth fell on hers, “God, I was hoping you’d say that.”-Tessa Dare
“So odd. Most women of his acquaintance relied on physical beauty and charm to mask their less-pleasant traits. This girl did the opposite, hiding everything interesting about herself behind a prim, plain facade. What other surprises was she concealing?”-Tessa Dare
“Don’t. Don’t play that game.” His brow pressed to hers. “When I heard you cry out . . . it was like a saber to the gut. I wanted to die.”-Tessa Dare
“Forgive me, Your Grace. Are you suggesting a woman is some sort of … piece of fruit to you? One squeeze, and you know if she’s ripe?”-Tessa Dare
“Is it truly so unfathomable, that an imperfect girl might be perfectly loved?”-Tessa Dare
Best Tessa Dare Quotes About Married
“Don’t you do that.” She turned away from the mirror, toward him. “Don’t you dare make a joke. It took a great deal of courage to say what I did. And you don’t have to speak a word in return, but I will insist you be man enough to take it. I won’t have you making light of my feelings, or making light of yourself—as if you’re not worthy of them. Because you are worthy, Colin. You’re a generous, good-hearted person, and you deserve to be loved. Deeply, truly, well, and often”-Tessa Dare
“The words burned on her tongue, but Minerva couldn’t give them a voice. What a hopeless coward she was. She could pound on his door at midnight and demand to be respected as an individual. She could travel across the country in hopes of being appreciated for her scholarly achievements. But she still lacked the courage to ask for the one thing she wanted most. To be loved, just for herself.”-Tessa Dare
“He laughed. A strained, ha, ha, ha, I may die of this laugh.”-Tessa Dare
“She stared at him, horrified. And thrilled. And horrified at being thrilled.”-Tessa Dare
“A man might engage in a flirtation with disinterest, even disdain. But he never teases without affection.”-Tessa Dare
“You’re a terrible cook. That I’ll grant you. You can’t hold your liquor, either. And you have questionable taste in men. So no, you’re not perfect.” His voice sank to a husky whisper, and his gaze dropped to her mouth. “But you’re close. Close enough to restore a man’s faith in miracles.”-Tessa Dare
“A home isn’t only defined by what you need, Bram. It’s also about the people who need you”-Tessa Dare
