By Allah!

This excerpt - taken from a certain romance novel, pub. in 1982 - has me in absolute tears with laughter:

Juliette's lips trembled. "You can't ... you can't treat me like this. I won't let you." "No?" His gaze was steady. "By Allah, all that English upbringing has made you stubborn. And what a shame when there could be so much pleasure ... for both of us. Haven't I already shown you?" Juliette backed away, stumbling over a cushion and recovering herself. "I don't care. I hate you," she said hearing the desperation in her own voice. "And if you were a gentleman, instead of a barbarian, you would have some ... some sensitivity!" Her words made him pause before throwing back his head to laugh loudly. "Gentleman?" he repeated. "And I suppose you would like me better if I were more like one of those simpering dandies who so gratefully jumped at your every call and whim. To them you weren't a woman, but an untouchable virginal temple."

Yeah, that's what I'm doing, too -- throwing back my head to laugh loudly. Seriously, how can he throw back his head and laugh, and make that response about her being an untouchable virginal temple? Link of the Day: Die Screaming... Be good, be bad & be safe.