“I told them," he said in a clear, carrying voice, "that they should not give someone as old and powerful as I a daughter to love. That it would end badly.”

— Patricia Briggs , book Fair Game

Source: Fair Game

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American writer 1965

Patricia Briggs book Fair Game

Source: Fair Game

““Don’t worry,” he told her.
“Me?” she said. “I never worry. It’s all going to end badly whether I worry or not.””

Clive Barker (1952) author, film director and visual artist

Part Thirteen “Magic Night”, Chapter ii “Shelter from the Storm”, Section 2 (p. 553)
(1987), BOOK THREE: OUT OF THE EMPTY QUARTER

“I think I would say to my daughters if they were to ask me this question… it [their virginity] is the greatest gift that you can give someone, the ultimate gift of giving and don't give it to someone lightly, that's what I would say.”

Tony Abbott (1957) Australian politician

Quoted in "The Monk might make sense" http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/the-monk-might-make-sense-20100127-mz0v.html#ixzz249o58Ykh, The Age, January 28, 2010.
2010

“I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them.”

Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Oh, oh, very badly. I would love to start again but maybe I’m too old”

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947) second wife of Prince Charles

Asked about playing tennis at Wimbledon
The Daily Express 28 June, 2013 http://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/410883/Oops-BBC-airs-Camilla-Duchess-of-Cornwall-s-private-chat-with-John-McEnroe-at-Wimbledon