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Wątpliwości za każdym razem próbują strącić nas z nieba.
Trudno to wyjaśnić, że można kochać kogoś tak bardzo, że trudno znieść jego obecność.
Odnoszę wrażenie, że omawia siedem grzechów głównych, począwszy od moich najulubieńszych.
Are you going to be sick?"
I raise my head. The duke is gone, but Helena is on the window seat, twisting her necklace around her fingers. I don’t answer, because I don’t believe a prisoner owes his captors any sort of report on his health. That, and if I’m going to be sick, I’d prefer to do it all over her, and I’d prefer it to be a stealth attack.
Poor Monty, such a cross."
"Cross? What cross?"
"Everyone falls in immediate, passionate love with you."
"They can hardly be blamed. I’d fall in love with me, if I met me".
“A patronymic diminutive of . . . that, yes.” I understand less than half the words in that sentence, but God bless the book people for their boundless knowledge absorbed from having words instead of friends.
I want to go out."
"That is a terrible idea. We are being hunted, remember?" He pokes at the notice.
"It’s a large city. And a party."
"Are those meant to hide us, or are you listing things you enjoy?"
"What’s the use of temptations if we don’t yield to them?"
"That’ll be chiseled upon your tombstone".
I swear, you would play the coquette with a well-upholstered sofa."
"First, I would not. And second, how handsome is this sofa?".
-Jak wróciliśmy wczoraj w nocy do domu? - pyta Percy.
-A gdzie byliśmy? Po trzecim rozdaniu w pikietę straciłem orientację.
-Chyba wygrałeś to trzecie rozdanie.
-Nie jestem do końca pewien, czy w nie grałem. Szczerze mówiąc, trochę wypiłem.
There’s something quite ungentlemanly about cowering for your life behind a lady, but if Helena wants to put herself between Bourbon and me, I’ll not refuse that gift.
If the Good Lord didn't want men to play with themselves, we'd have hooks for hands.
Blackmail is aggravating in normal circumstances, but far worse when it's coming from a younger sister.