Elizabeth, you resemble nothing so much as a hen trying to hatch a book.
– Julia Quinn
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- If you put all of your eggs in love’s basket, joy will hatch. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- Thanks to Karen Connelly who read earlier versions of this manuscript and to Ronald Hatch my editor and publisher. – Nancy Holmes
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