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In three days," he continued, "I will be your husband. I will take a solemn vow to protect you until death do us part. Do you understand what that means?"
"You'll save me from marauding minotaurs? -- Julia Quinn
Daphne felt something wild and wicked take hold. "Let's walk in the garden," she said softly.
"We can't."
"We must."
"We can't. -- Julia Quinn
And if that weren't bad enough, the next sound he heard was a loud click.
The damned woman had locked him out. She'd taken all the food and locked him out.
"You'll pay for this!" he yelled at the door.
"Do be quiet," came the muffled reply. "I'm eating. -- Julia Quinn
She'd worn that color, or gray in its place, for three years now. And unrelenting black for a year before that. It had been a bit of a badge, she realized, a uniform of sorts. One never had to worry about who one was when one's clothing proclaimed it so loudly. -- Julia Quinn
He wondered if she'd mind if he threw her down on the blanket and tore off her clothing. (..) She looked heartbreakingly innocent. Alex sighed. She'd probably mind. -- Julia Quinn
Be careful what you wish for,her mind thundered. -- Julia Quinn
Because if he looked like he was unaffected by her smile, then she would not realize that, in actuality, he was in an utter panic because somewhere deep down inside he'd realized that his life had just changed forever. -- Julia Quinn
Is there anything else I can do to see to your comfort, Miss Trent?" Perriwick inquired.
"She's fine," Blake growled.
"Clearly, she
"
"Perriwick, isn't the west wing on fire?"
Perriwick blinked, sniffed the air, and stared at his employer in dismay. "I do not understand sir. -- Julia Quinn
But you have told me," Elizabeth protested, "time and again, that the hallmark of civilization is routine."
Lady D shrugged and made a fussy little chirping sound. "A lady cannot take it upon herself to occasionally change her routine? All routines need periodic readjustment. -- Julia Quinn
She inched forward, although she wasn't sure why. If the dowager started spouting off about the highwayman and his resemblance to her favorite son, it wasn't as if she would be able to stop her. But still, the proximity at least gave the illusion that she might be able to prevent disaster. -- Julia Quinn
Mother, I spoke to the duke. He understands that this is not a formal meal. And he specifically told me that he was looking forward to a change of pace. He has no family himself, so he has never experienced anything like a Bridgerton family dinner." "God help us." Violet's face went utterly pale. -- Julia Quinn
Oh, go right ahead,' she replied. 'You seem to have such an affinity for canines.'
'Clearly,' he shot back, keeping his voice low so that Mary could not hear, 'they are not so different from women. Both breeds hang on my every word. -- Julia Quinn
But she was already in. Gareth couldn't help but stand back in admiration. Hyacinth Bridgerton was clearly a natural born athlete.
Either that or a cat burglar. -- Julia Quinn
I had a feeling you'd like that," he said with a satisfied grin.
"Why do I feel it ... everywhere?"
"Everywhere?" he murmured. His fingers moved between her legs. "Or here?"
"Everywhere," she said breathlessly, "but there most of all. -- Julia Quinn
Her unintended striptease was all the more sensual because Belle was lowering her stocking with agonizing slowness not because she had an audience but because she seemed to love the feel of the silk sliding along her soft skin. -- Julia Quinn
I have to tell you it was the first time even after all these years of expecting my own death that i truly knew what it meant to die because with you gone there was nothing left for me to live for. -- Julia Quinn
I do not tell you often enough, dear Mother, how very grateful I am that I am yours. It is a rare parent
who would offer a child such latitude and understanding. It is an even rarer one who calls a daughter
friend. I do love you, dear Mama. -- Julia Quinn
Last time I was in London, I visited Number 5, Bruton Street, which is the address I gave to Violet Bridgerton, the matriarch of the Bridgerton clan in my novels. It was a bit disconcerting to learn that it's actually a pub. -- Julia Quinn
No one said we had to spend every waking moment together," he said, "but at the end of the day"-he leaned and kissed each of her eyebrows, in turn-"an most of the time during, there is no one I would rather see, no one whose voice I would rather hear, and no one whose mind I would rather explore. -- Julia Quinn
You have to live each hour as if it's your last and each day as if you were immortal. - Kate Sheffield -- Julia Quinn
As far as bad ideas went, this stole the prize. -- Julia Quinn
I also think he is given to disguises ... Sometimes he wears spectacles and sometimes he does not. And twice he has worn an extremely peculiar hat. Inside. -- Julia Quinn
Besides," he said breezily, "were it not for misunderstandings, we would be sadly lacking in great literature."
She looked at him questioningly.
"Where would Romeo and Juliet be?"
"Alive. -- Julia Quinn
Of course. The team on your carriage was beautiful. They are yours, aren't they?"
He ignored her and walked ahead until his foot connected with soft mushy ground. "Shit," he muttered.
"Exactly."
He glared at her, thinking himself a saint for not going for her throat. -- Julia Quinn
All of this presupposes that I have set my sights on a single male.'
Susan's eyes bugged out. 'You certainly cannot set your signs on a married man!'
'I meant a particular man,' Elizabeth retorted, swatting her sister on the shoulder. -- Julia Quinn
What happened?'
'He humiliated me.'
'Oh, my Lord, Belle. He didn't ... '
'No. But I wish I had. Then he'd have to marry me, and I-'
'Belle, you don't know what you're saying.'
'I know exactly what I'm saying! Why is it that no one can credit me with the ability to know my own mind? -- Julia Quinn
I hope you know that I am listening, should you ever change your mind. -- Julia Quinn
There are people who say they want to write novels. They think, 'I'll learn my craft on the romance novel.' If you don't love the genre, it's going to show, and it's not going to be a good book. -- Julia Quinn
It's just that when you agree to be mother to a child you haven't borne, your responsibility is twice as great. You must work even harder to ensure that child's happiness and welfare. -- Julia Quinn
It's just that I don't think friends tie friends to the bedpost."
James choked on his tea. "Caroline, you have no idea. -- Julia Quinn
Why? It's because I love you, damn me to hell. Because I've always loved you. Because I loved you when you were with John, and I loved you when I was in India, and God only knows I don't deserve you, but I love you, anyway. -- Julia Quinn
I don't think Henrietta suits anyone, she replied. Then she offered him her cheeky smile, and Alex saw in an instant why Dunford was falling like a rock for this girl. She had spirit, and although she didn't realize it yet, she had beauty, and Dunford didn't have a chance. -- Julia Quinn
Forget Romeo and Juliet. This was much closer to The Taming of the Shrew. -- Julia Quinn
To say that men can be bullheaded would be insulting to the bull. -- Julia Quinn
I believe I told you I am utterly serious. I never lie."
"Now that is a clanker if ever I heard one." she retorted.
"Well, then, I never lie about anything important."
Her hands found their way to her hips and she let out a loud, "Harumph. -- Julia Quinn
Dunford arrived a few minutes later and gave her an approving nod. "You look lovely, Henry."
She smiled her thanks but decided not to put too much stock in his compliment. It sounded like the sort of thing he said automatically to any woman in his vicinity. -- Julia Quinn
The waltz allowed him to get just close enough to her to detect that maddening scent of lemons, and he inhaled it as if it would save his life. -- Julia Quinn
If he hadn't married Iris, he'd want her for a friend -- Julia Quinn
He felt a bit like Romeo to her Juliet, minus the feuding families and poison.
And with pigeons. -- Julia Quinn
Maybe this, then, was the definition of love. When you wanted someone, needed her, adored her still, even when you were utterly furious and quite ready to tie her to the bed just to keep her from going out and making more trouble. This -- Julia Quinn
A lot could happen in a week.
Just look at the last one. -- Julia Quinn
Tarryton did so, but not before saying, "I wouldn't be surprised if Billington came up to scratch on this gel."
"Billington, Farnsworth, and a few others," Alex said with his most affable smile.
"Ashbourne?" Dunford's voice was colder than ice.
"Dunford?"
"Shut up. -- Julia Quinn
Caroline, do you value your neck?"
"Yes, I'm rather fond of it. Why?"
"Because if you don't shut up, I'm going to wring it. -- Julia Quinn
When he looked up at Annabel, he was just a man, looking at a woman, praying and hoping that she loved him the way he loved her. -- Julia Quinn
He wanted to laugh at the poetic justice of it all. After a couple of years of chasing after women and then a decade of having them chase after him, he'd finally been brought down by a slip of a girl, fresh out of Cornwall, whom he was honor-bound to protect. -- Julia Quinn
Was it possible that Octavia had misjudged her?
What was he thinking? Of course, it was possible. Octavia was a dear, but she was nineteen years old and thinking of Octavia. The last thing she wanted in her life was a staggeringly beautiful rival who was not conveniently evil. -- Julia Quinn
You don't understand how fragile life is. You don't realize that the thread breaks between one moment and the next. -- Julia Quinn
He'd been waiting for a love fraught with passion and drama; it hadn't even occurred to him that true love might be something that was utterly comfortable and just plain easy. -- Julia Quinn
He smacked the heel of his hand against his forhead, as if that could knock the mental picture out of his head. Hell, he though irritably, he didn't want to knock the image just out of his head. He wanted to send it clear across the room and out the window. -- Julia Quinn
Turner let his face fell into his hands. "I'm never going to touch her again", he moaned.
"He's never going to touch me again!" they heard Miranda roar.
"Well,it doesn't look like you'll have much argument from your wife on that point", Olivia chirped. -- Julia Quinn
Music videos may seem old hat now, but let me tell you, in the summer of 1981, MTV was indubitably the coolest thing ever invented. And the people who were in the videos ... coolest people ever. No question. -- Julia Quinn
I should love to see a ground-glass blue ocean -- Julia Quinn
He yawned again, this time very loudly, and lazily opened his eyes.
"I'm sorry I woke you up," she said quickly.
"Was I sleeping?"
She nodded.
"So there really is a God," he muttered. -- Julia Quinn
Heartache, Daphne eventually learned, never really went away; it just dulled. The sharp, stabbing pain that one felt with each breath eventually gave way to a blunter, lower ache - the kind that one could almost - but never quite - ignore. -- Julia Quinn
Why do you have to make it so difficult to apologize?' she burst out, dogging his heels as he crossed the room to gather the rest of his things.
'And why, pray tell, should I make it easy?' he returned. -- Julia Quinn
It's good that you can be horrid when neccesary. It's a useful skill."
She leaned on her elbow, settling her chin onto her hand. "Funny, my brother never seemed to think so. -- Julia Quinn
It was so strange how someone could love another person so much and so well but still not understand what made her happy. -- Julia Quinn
Am I not allowed to speak in hyperbole?"
"Only," he said, a bit too smoothly, "if you are talking about me."
Ellie's face slid into a smirk. "Oh, Charles," she exclaimed, "I feel as if we have known each other for a million years." Her tone grew more ironic. "I am that weary of your company. -- Julia Quinn
"What do you say, Miss Lyndon? Shall we have a go at it?"
" 'Shall we have a go at it?' " Ellie choked out. Really, this was not the proposal of her dreams. -- Julia Quinn
He wanted to come along, said the one in the corner, the only one who hadn't yet tried to kill Phillip. Phillip decided he liked this one best, especially when he wrapped his hand around Gregory's forearm to prevent the younger man from launching himself at Eloise. Which, -- Julia Quinn
I love you with everything I am, everything I've been, and everything I hope to be. I love you with my past, and I love you for my future. I love you for the children we'll have and for the years we'll have together. I love you for every one of my smiles and even more, for every one of your smiles. -- Julia Quinn
Unrequited love was never easy, but at least Penelope Featherington was used to it. -- Julia Quinn
I miss my dog."
...
"What was his name again?"
"Mouse."
"That was very unkind of you."
"Naming him mouse?"
"Isn't he a greyhound?"
"I could have named hum Turtle."
"Frederick!" ...
"It's better than Frederic," Annabel said, "Good heavens, that's my brother's name. -- Julia Quinn
Honoria had a plan.
It had come to her in church that morning. (The ladies went; the gentlemen somehow managed to get out of it.) It wasn't terribly complicated; she needed only a sunny day, a halfway acceptable sense of direction, and a shovel. -- Julia Quinn
Just be quiet and accept the praise. -- Julia Quinn
I thought you wouldn't want weepy words of love and all that.'
Belle swatted him on the shoulder. 'Of course I do! Every woman does. Especially from the man she actually wants to accept. So devise some weepy words and I'll-'
'Aha! So you accept! -- Julia Quinn
Oh, Elizabeth," he murmured, leaning down to press a gentle kiss on her mouth, "I love you so much. You must believe me."
"I believe you," she said softly, "because in your eyes, I see what I feel in my heart. -- Julia Quinn
Will you allow me to start over this morning? I fear I arose on the wrong side of the bed.
'It is I who should apologize. I'm afraid that any side of the bed would have been the wrong one at this hour. -- Julia Quinn
I want you. I want you now, in every way a man can want a woman. -- Julia Quinn
He always smelled like warm wood and brandy, even when he hadn't had a drop of drink. Funny how he managed that. Funny how his smell was in her bed.
Henry's eyelids fluttered open.
Funny how he was in her bed. -- Julia Quinn
He's an idiot," Harry said again. "One who doesn't deserve to lick your feet. You'll thank me someday."
"I have no intention of allowing him to lick me anywhere," she retorted, then turned utterly red when she realized what she's said. -- Julia Quinn
You don't always have to kiss a lot of frogs to recognize a prince when you find one
-Henrietta Barett -- Julia Quinn
You don't have to kiss a lot of frogs to recognize a prince when you find one.
-Henrietta Barrett, (Minx, Splendid Trilogy book #3) -- Julia Quinn
I very specifically told you to stay away from Ned Blydon."
"I chose not to follow your advice. Ned is a very nice person. Handsome, personable - a perfect escort."
"That is precisely why I wanted you to keep him at arm's length. -- Julia Quinn
All - all right," she said, looking dubiously at the chair. "I - um, I need to change, though."
"I'll just wait in the hall." He straightened his spine and walked from the room, deciding he was the noblest, most chivalrous, and possibly the most stupid man in all Britain. -- Julia Quinn
Oh, very well, do you want to know why I really think you should keep a journal?"
She nodded.
"Because someday you're going to grow into yourself, and you will be as beautiful as you already are smart. -- Julia Quinn
When the dead body said, "Good evening," Annabel had to face the grim conclusion that it wasn't as dead as she'd hoped. -- Julia Quinn
Hush up, minx. You're a funny one, but you're certainly more likable than unlikable. -- Julia Quinn
I have a lot of teenage readers and readers in their early twenties. My writing style appeals to them. And if they look at my picture on the back of the book, they don't see someone who looks like their mother. -- Julia Quinn
You make me sound like some kind of heartless ice princess.'
'No, of course not, Belle. I must admit, you have always been uncommonly nice to every pimply-faced boy who has ever asked you to dance.'
'Thank you. I think.'
'It's probably why so many pimply-faced boys ask you to dance. -- Julia Quinn
Any man, you'll soon learn, has an insurmountable need to blame someone else when he is made to look a fool. -- Julia Quinn
Did you know I dream about your hair? I use to say it was the color of the sun at sunset, but I'm wrong. It's brighter than the sun, just as you are. -- Julia Quinn
I am beggining to realise," Alex murmured, "why people always hope for sons. It has nothing to do with producing an heir."
"That was unkind," Octavia said, not sounding the least bit insulted.
"Females are a prodigious amount of work. -- Julia Quinn
He was a puzzle. And Hyacinth hated puzzles.
Well, no, in truth she loved them.
Provided, of course, that she solved them. -- Julia Quinn
And so, on an otherwise unremarkable Friday afternoon, in the heart of Mayfair, in a quiet drawing room on Mount Street, Colin Bridgerton kissed Penelope Featherington. -- Julia Quinn
Your plan isn't going to work."
He was all innocence. "I have a plan?"
"Oh, please," she scoffed. "You're going to try to wear me down in hopes that eventually I'll give in."
"I would never dream of it."
"I'm sure you dream of quite a bit more," she muttered.
-Sophie & Benedict -- Julia Quinn
He poked her shoulder. 'Ellie? Ellie?'
'What? Oh, I'm sorry.' Her face colored, even though she knew he couldn't possibly read her thoughts. 'Just woolgathering.'
'Darling, you were practically hugging a sheep. -- Julia Quinn
There was a certain history to this. While heavily pregnant with Amelia, she had asked him if she was radiant or if she just looked like a waddling duck. He told her she'd looked like a radiant duck. This had not been the correct answer. -- Julia Quinn
Daniel held himself very still, waiting for the wave of jealousy that never came. He was furious with the man who'd taken advantage of her innocence, but he did not feel jealous. He did not need to be her first, he realized. He simply needed to be her last. Her only. -- Julia Quinn
Leaning forward, he set out to conquer Miss Henrietta Barrett the same way he'd conquered women across Britain.
Simply by being himself. -- Julia Quinn
She was swaying slightly from side to side, and he could see her shoulders rise and fall with each shuddering breath.
He knew that sort of breath. It was the one you drew when you were trying so hard to keep your feelings inside, but you just weren't strong enough. -- Julia Quinn
Reformed rakes make the best husbands,"Violet said.
"Rubbish and you know it."
-Anthony to Violet -- Julia Quinn
It was juvenile, he knew, this need to assign blame, but everyone had a right to childish emotions from time to time, didn't they? -- Julia Quinn
Love's about finding the one person who makes your heart complete. Who makes you a better person than you ever dreamed you could be. Its about looking in the eyes of your wife and knowing all the way to your bones that she's simply the best person you've ever known. -- Julia Quinn
She was looking at him as if he'd just dropped fully formed from the sky. -- Julia Quinn
Click. The door swung open.
"Three," James said with a slightly self-satisfied smile.
"Well done," Caroline said.
He smiled back at her. "I've never met a woman or a lock that didn't love me. -- Julia Quinn
But Hyacinth Bridgerton, who at ten should have known the least about kisses of anyone, just blinked thoughtfully, and said, I think it's nice. If they're laughing now, they'll probably be laughing forever. -- Julia Quinn
Ah, Valentine's Day. This Author personally detests the holiday. A girl must take the measure of her worth by the number of cards and bouquets she receives, and a young man is forced to spew poetry as if anyone actually spoke in rhyme. It's a wonder the holiday hasn't been -- Julia Quinn
It's far easier to shut yourself off from people than to love them. If you keep your heart surrounded by strong walls, no one can get close enough to you to break it. -- Julia Quinn
Even while he'd been gone, she'd always know he was /there/, sharing the same planet with her, walking the same earth. -- Julia Quinn
He knew well the singularly strange sensation of loving one's family to distraction, and yet not feeling quite able to share one's deepest and most intractable fears. It brought on an uncanny sense of isolation, of being remarkably alone in a loud and loving crowd.
-Anthony's thoughts -- Julia Quinn
That's all he said?' Mrs. Royle demanded.
'He's not one for lengthy explanations,' Honoria said.
'Powerful men do not explain their actions,' Cecily announced dramatically. -- Julia Quinn
I can imagine no greater bliss than to lie about, reading novels all day. -- Julia Quinn
It's only through sheer force and luck that she's yet to take over the world. -- Julia Quinn
He looks like a man.'
'How descriptive,' Susan said in a droll tone. 'Remind me never to advise you to seek work as a novelist. -- Julia Quinn
What are you doing here?"Lady Vickers asked, turning her frosty glare to Sebastian.
"Exactly what you think, my lady," he said. -- Julia Quinn
You are not going to waltz in here and distract me with a clever phrase and a beguiling smile."
"You think my smile is beguiling? -- Julia Quinn
I have friends who have children, and they have told me how remarkable it is to have a new life that is a piece of your own flesh anf blood. But I
"
"I realized that I didn't love her because she was a piece of me, I loved her because she was a piece of you. -- Julia Quinn
Every unmarried man is looking for a wife. They just don't always know it. -- Julia Quinn
No one should have to walk down a church aisle with a bouquet of flowers unless she was the bride, already had been the bride, or was too young to be the bride. Otherwise, it was just cruel. -- Julia Quinn
You invited me.'
'Eh?'
'Your sister. By extension, you.'
'Will our sisters ever not be, by extension, us? -- Julia Quinn
It was nearly impossible to keep anything a secret, especially from her
sisters, the youngest of whom - Hyacinth - could probably have won the war against Napoleon in half
the time if His Majesty had only thought to draft her into the espionage service. -- Julia Quinn
Do I look like a mess?" she asked.
He nodded. "But you're my mess," he whispered. -- Julia Quinn
amidst the horrors of war, it became apparent that there was no way he could possibly survive the carnage. And if by some stroke of fate he managed to come through the conflict with his body intact, he knew that his soul would not be so lucky. -- Julia Quinn
Why is everyone complaining?" Daisy asked impatiently. "This
is exciting! We get to perform. Do you know how long I have been
waiting for this day?"
"Unfortunately, yes," Sarah said flatly.
"About as long as I have been dreading it," Iris muttered. -- Julia Quinn
It is really quite remarkable," Sarah said, "that the two of you
are sisters."
"I marvel at it every day," Iris said flatly. -- Julia Quinn
I think your eyes might be the exact same color as mine," she said wonderingly.
"What fine gray-eyed babies we shall have," he said, before he thought the better of it. -- Julia Quinn
Standing still is always more tiring than walking -- Julia Quinn
She shrugged. "I'm surprised your mother didn't inform you of my presence. Or Belle. She has spoken about you a great deal."
His eyes narrowed as his heart sank. "You've become friendly with Belle?" He saw all his hopes for a flirtation with this girl going up in smoke. -- Julia Quinn
You're twisting my words."
"I think you are doing a fine job of twisting them yourself. -- Julia Quinn
Children," Lady Bridgerton said with a sigh as she retook her seat. "I am never quite certain if I'm glad I had them. -- Julia Quinn
It's a curse, really," Lady Danbury said. "I'm the only person I
know my age who has perfect hearing."
"Most would call that a blessing."
She snorted. "Not with that musicale looming over the horizon. -- Julia Quinn
No. Haven't you been listening?
Marcus would always remember that moment. It was to be the first time he would ever be faced with that most vexing of female quirks: the question that had nothing but wrong answers. -- Julia Quinn
I keep waiting for the day in which everyone who loves 'Downton Abbey' will realize they were actually watching a historical romance novel. -- Julia Quinn
Do you really think anyone saves our programs from one year
to the next?" Sarah asked.
"My mother does," Daisy said.
"So does mine," Sarah answered, "but it's not as if she pulls
them out and compares them side by side."
"My mother does," Daisy said again.
"Dear God," Iris moaned. -- Julia Quinn
James started to laugh. His chin hurt where she'd smacked him twice, his foot throbbed where she'd stepped on it, and his entire body felt as if he'd swum through a rosebush, which wasn't as far off the truth as it sounded. Yet still he started to laugh. -- Julia Quinn
If one didn't have love, was it better, then, to be alone? -- Julia Quinn
When Anthony kissed her, she felt as if she were losing her mind. And when he kissed her twice, she wasn't even sure if she wanted it back!
-Kate's thoughts -- Julia Quinn
But when Anthony kissed her, she felt as
if she were losing her mind. And when he
kissed her twice, she wasn't even sure if she wanted it back! -- Julia Quinn
He smiled.
Her stomach felt strange.
She tried to smile back. She really should be going.
So naturally, she did not move. -- Julia Quinn
I'm not a gentle pony ... I promise you, you will have to work to keep your seat. -- Julia Quinn
There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not Lust After Thy Friend's Sister. -- Julia Quinn
Billie laughed at that, full and throaty, and once again she became so incandescently beautiful that George was half-tempted to throw a blanket over her, just to stop anyone else from wanting her. -- Julia Quinn
My sisters call him Slinky Simon.'
Alec chuckled.
'It's only funny if he's not your cousin.'
'It's funny because it's true. -- Julia Quinn
And for the rest of the night, he couldn't quite forget the smell of her perfume. Or maybe it was the soft sound of her chuckle. Or maybe it was neither of those things. Maybe it was just her. -- Julia Quinn
I should thank you', she said.
His lips stilled, and she felt him smile against his skin. 'For what?'
'Everything, really. But mostly for being you -- Julia Quinn
John ignored her insult, recognizing it for what it was: a mindless jibe from one wounded animal to another. -- Julia Quinn
Love works in mysterious ways, -- Julia Quinn
Anthony sneezed and pushed them aside. "Mother, I am trying to have a conversation with the duke." Violet looked at Simon. "Do you want to have this conversation with my son?" "Not particularly." "Fine, then. Anthony, be quiet. -- Julia Quinn
What is there not to like about cupids?"
"You don't find them rather dangerous?"
"Chubby little babies?"
"Carrying deadly weapons. -- Julia Quinn
Simon winced as the man fought for words. He didn't appear to be stuttering so much as emotionally overcome, but it was never pleasant when one couldn't get a sentence out. -- Julia Quinn
Mother," Hyacinth said with a great show of solicitude,
"you know I love you dearly - "
"Why is it," Violet pondered, "that I have come to expect
nothing good when I hear a sentence beginning in
that manner? -- Julia Quinn
It was as if her insides were light-headed. And her heart was not beating quite properly. It wasn't racing, and it wasn't pounding ... It was dancing. Singing. -- Julia Quinn
He shook his head in wonder. "You are magnificent."
"I keep telling everyone that," she said with a nonchalant shrug, "but you seem to be the only one to
believe me. -- Julia Quinn
I would give the world to have one more person for whom I would lay down my life. -- Julia Quinn
Not that I wish to give you any ammunition, but the sad fact of it is-most men are sheep. Where one goes, the rest will follow. And didn't you say you wished to be married?'
'Not to someone who follows you as the lead sheep. -- Julia Quinn
People will think you're courting me.'
'Nonsense, everyone knows I don't court respectable women. -- Julia Quinn
If you want to know if a gentleman loves you," her mother said, "there is only one true way to be sure."
"It's in his kiss," her mother whispered. "It's all there, in his kiss. -- Julia Quinn
He was struck again by that odd sense of somehow being more alive than he'd been just seconds earlier. -- Julia Quinn
Belle had a feeling that someone had hurt this man very badly in the past. That didn't, however, mean that she would allow him to abuse her in turn. -- Julia Quinn
One would think her tired mind would go utterly blank, but the opposite was true. She could not stop thinking about the highwayman. And his kiss. And his identity. And his kiss. And if she would meet him again. And that he'd kissed her. And- -- Julia Quinn
You are always looking at people like this." And then she made a face, one he couldn't possibly begin to describe.
"If I ever look like that," he said dryly, "precisely like that, to be more precise, I give you leave to shoot me. -- Julia Quinn
I'm home', he said against her skin, and she realized it was the truth.
'I'm home, too'. -- Julia Quinn
He had never expected a title, never expected lands of his own or a household to go with them. His father had been a younger son of a younger son; God only knew how many Dunfords had had to die to put him in line for this inheritance. -- Julia Quinn
Love was the best present of all... -- Julia Quinn
A gentleman might have stopped then. She had climaxed, and she was still a virgin, and he was probably a beast for wanting to make love to her fully, but he simply couldn't ... not.
She was his.
But not, he was coming to realize, quite as much as he was hers. -- Julia Quinn
I won't be satisfied with anything less than everything, -- Julia Quinn
I just
I know my own heart and I love you, Turner. And if you have even the tiniest shred of decency, you'll say something because I've said everything I possibly can, and I can't bear the silence, and
oh for heaven's sake! Will you at least blink?
He couldn't even manage that. -- Julia Quinn
Laugh. Laugh out loud, and laugh often. And when circumstances call for silence, turn your laugh into a smile. Don -- Julia Quinn
You have asked her to marry you, I hope'
'I might have demanded it', he admitted.
'Even better -- Julia Quinn
Her eyes were oceans, two oceans of -
Good God, he thought disgustedly. No wonder his sister hated her. He'd been in her presence for less than a minute, and already he'd gone completely stupid. -- Julia Quinn
He loved her. He'd said it, and even though she couldn't quite believe it, she believed *him*. -- Julia Quinn
If he heard her, he gave no indication, just went on about "men who take advantage" and "helpless women" and "fates worse than death." Sophie wasn't positive, but she thought she even heard the phrase "roast beef and pudding". -- Julia Quinn
Full lips are better for kissing. -- Julia Quinn
The female mind was a strange and incomprehensible organ - one which no man should even attempt to understand. There wasn't a woman alive who could go from point A to B without stopping at C, D, X, and 12 along the way. Penelope, -- Julia Quinn
But the duchess, God bless her, knew her role in life, and after a six-month recuperative period, she opened the connecting door between their bedrooms, and the duke once again commenced his quest for a son. Five -- Julia Quinn
She closed her eyes, and Daniel could practically see the memory washing over her face. 'It was such a lovely night,' she whispered. 'Midsummer, and so very clear. You could have counted the stars forever. -- Julia Quinn
He poured himself a glass of whiskey. And another. And another. Not enough to get stinking drunk, just enough to make him overly contemplative. -- Julia Quinn
In this light your eyes look almost purple. Like black raspberries.'
Belle laughed softly. 'You must be in a state of perpetual hunger. You keep likening me to fruit. -- Julia Quinn
I have thoroughly compromised your niece," Alex declared. "Will you plase insist that she marry me?"
Caroline didn't bat an eyelash. "This", she announced, "is most peculiar. -- Julia Quinn
He knew that her eyes were made up of dozens of shades of brown, with that one enchanting circle of green constantly daring him to take a closer look, to see if it was really there or just a figment of his imagination. -- Julia Quinn
No one knows as well as I how much nonsense is printed in books. -- Julia Quinn
Sebastian Grey.
The worrds rang like a miserable moan in her head. On the list of men she ought not to be kissing, he had to rank at the top, along with the King, Lord Liverpool, and the chimney sweep. -- Julia Quinn
the unexpected moment [is] always sweeter. -- Julia Quinn
Happy endings are all I can do. I wouldn't know how to write anything else. -- Julia Quinn
Baiting her was great fun. And he didn't feel the least bit guilty for it. For all her disgruntled behavior, he had no doubt that she enjoyed the verbal sparring every bit as much as he did. -- Julia Quinn
I do love my family, but I really just go for the food. -- Julia Quinn
Sophie picked her way through the forest, stepping over tree roots, and pushing aside low-lying branches, letting them snap back behind her with reckless abandon. The sun barely squeaked through the canopy of leaves above her, and down at ground level, it felt more like dusk than midday. -- Julia Quinn
Would you care to dance?" he blurted.
"Now?" She smiled adorably. "Is there music?"
There wasn't. It was some testament to how foolish in love he'd become that he did not even feel embarrassed. -- Julia Quinn
Are you certain you'll be happy?" she asked.
Eloise smiled ruefully. "It's a little late to wonder, don't you think?"
"It might be too late to do anything about it, but it's never too late to wonder. -- Julia Quinn
Let it be said, Marcus thought dryly,that nothing cooled a man's ardor like the Crusades. -- Julia Quinn
Rehearsels, actually." "Rehearsals?" "For the-" Oh,no. "-musicale." The Smythe-Smith musical.It finished off what the Crusades had begun.There wasn't a man alive who could maintain a romantic thought when faced with the memory-or the threat-of a Smythe-Smith musicale. -- Julia Quinn
She could not bear the thought. She simply could not bear the thought that she might somehow prove to her grandfather that her mother had indeed been a fool and her father had been a damned fool and that she was the damnedest fool of them all. -- Julia Quinn
Con-tu-ber-nal(noun). One who occupies
the same tent; a tent-fellow, comrade.
The thought of Percy Prewitt as my contubernal causes me to break out in hives.
-From the personal dictionary of
Caroline Trent -- Julia Quinn
Deep inside, she knew who she was, and that person was smart and kind and often even
funny, but somehow her personality always got lost somewhere between her heart and her
mouth, and she found herself saying the wrong thing or, more often, nothing at all. -- Julia Quinn
There were a lot of things in life to be afraid of, but strangeness ought not be among them. -- Julia Quinn
Raw toast," Lucas said grimly, shaking his head. "It goes against the very nature of man. -- Julia Quinn
He did things to her, she realized. Strange, shivery things that left her breathless. He need only to look at her - not in his usual, conversational way, but to really look at her, to let his eyes settle on hers, deeply blue and insightful, and she felt naked, her soul bared. -- Julia Quinn
...So when the weather wasn't too overbearingly hot he tucked her arm in the crook of his elbow, and they walked about town, running errands and asking questions.
And falling in love -- Julia Quinn
How delightful! Dunford had just come into an unexpected inheritance. She rather hoped it was something good. One of her friends had just unwillingly inherited thirty-seven cats. -- Julia Quinn
She grimaced. Her mother and father were probably
giggling and whispering and ducking into a darkened
corner. Good heavens. It was downright embarrassing. -- Julia Quinn
He would not give her up,he could not.For the first time in his life he'd found someone who filled all the empty spaces in his heart -- Julia Quinn
You're going to be my grandmother."
"You silly child. In my heart, I've been your grandmother for years. I've just been waiting for you to make it official. -- Julia Quinn
He just looked at her as if she were an idiot. Or a woman. It was Tillie's experience that most men thought they were one and the same. -- Julia Quinn
Francesca couldn't say anything, because that would just make her mother feel even worse, and so
instead they stood there as they always did, thinking the same thing but never speaking of it, wondering
which of them hurt more. -- Julia Quinn
You are a Bridgerton. I don't care who you marry or what your name becomes when you stand up before a priest and say your vows. You will always be a Bridgerton, and we behave with honor and honesty, not because it is expected of us, but because that is what we are. Eloise -- Julia Quinn
He sucked his lips in an attempt not to laugh. "Aren't you Spanish?"
She raised one arm in a salute. "Viva la Queen Isabella!"
"I see. Then why are you speaking with a French accent? -- Julia Quinn
Why do you joke about such things?" she snapped.
He let his gaze land rather intently on hers. "When the alternative is despair, I generally prefer humor. Even if it is of the gallows variety. -- Julia Quinn
This thing between them, this bond - it wasn't just passion,
and it wasn't wicked.
It was love, and it was divine. -- Julia Quinn
Michael nodded tersely, eyeing a table across the room. It was empty. So empty. So joyfully, blessedly empty.
He could picture himself a very happy man at that table.
"Not feeling very conversational this evening, are we?" Colin asked, breaking into his (admittedly tame) fantasies. -- Julia Quinn
There are moments in a woman's life when her heart flips in her chest, when the world suddenly seems uncommonly pink and perfect, when a symphony can be heard in the tinkle of a doorbell. -- Julia Quinn
When you walk into a room," he said softly, "the air changes. -- Julia Quinn
Simon gave her a startled look. 'I don't believe I have ever been condescended to by a woman before.' She shrugged. 'It was probably past time. -- Julia Quinn
Mr. Bridgerton?" she asked softly. "Mr. Bridgerton!" Benedict's head jerked up violently.
"What? What?"
"You fell asleep."
He blinked confusedly. "Is there a reason that's bad?"
"You can't fall asleep in your clothing. -- Julia Quinn
She decided to watch the leaves on the tree across the way. How many would fall off in such a strong wind? ... She now knew why people made such a fuss about weddings. It was to keep the bride's mind occupied, lest she fall into strange mental chasms. -- Julia Quinn
I don't know whether to toss you through that window or shake your hand and say 'Well done' Henry said in a tired voice. -- Julia Quinn
Why waste romance on a love that would never be returned? -- Julia Quinn
For me, the dialogue is the easiest part of writing. It just always seems so obvious what a character will say. Maybe it's because I talk too much! -- Julia Quinn
I never thought I would be left behind."
He chuckled. "Eloise Bridgerton, I don't think anyone wouldever make the mistake of leaving you
behind. -- Julia Quinn
I've always thought that violet ribbons look especially nice with brown hair. -- Julia Quinn
For the love of God, woman, there's only one rule in that bloody book worth following.'
'And that is?' Elizabeth asked disdainfully.
'That you marry your damned marquis! -- Julia Quinn
I was told once that the most important part of a fight is making sure your opponent looks worse than you do when you're through. -- Julia Quinn
Men are sheep. Where one goes, the rest will soon follow.
-Lady Whistledown -- Julia Quinn
Watch over Honoria, will you? See that she doesn't marry an idiot. -- Julia Quinn
They marched back to the kitchen in silence, the only sound being Rufus's growl when Dunford tried to pet him.
"Can a rabbit growl?" he asked, unable to believe his ears.
"Obviously he can. -- Julia Quinn
I had to do something," she said. "I couldn't just sit and wait for life to happen to me any longer. -- Julia Quinn
A man with charm is an entertaining thing, and a man with looks is, ofcourse, a sight to behold, but a man with honor - ah, he is the one, dear reader, to which young ladies should flock. -- Julia Quinn
The world seemed somehow different when one was lying down. Darker, more dangerous ... And in that moment, as he slowly closed the distance between them, he became her entire world. -- Julia Quinn
I shall have one, too," he told her. "So that you don't feel alone."
She tried not to smile. "That is most generous of you."
"I am quite certain it is my gentlemanly duty."
"To eat cake?"
"It is one of the more appealing of my gentlemanly duties," he allowed. -- Julia Quinn
Blake took a small roll from the tray on the table, then put it back in favor of a larger one. And maybe a little butter. It certainly couldn't hurt. And jam ... no, he drew the line at jam. She was a spy, after all. -- Julia Quinn
Love is blind," Harriet quipped.
"But not illiterate," Elizabeth retorted. -- Julia Quinn
The biggest challenge of my career, which is something that authors of genre fiction face all the time, is writing something fresh and new and at the same time meeting reader expectations. -- Julia Quinn
No words for the passion. No words for the need.No words for the sheer epiphany of the moment.And so, on an otherwise unremarkable Friday afternoon, in the heart of Mayfair, in a quiet drawing room on Mount Street, Colin Bridgerton kissed Penelope Featherington.And it was glorious. -- Julia Quinn
point it out," she muttered. -- Julia Quinn
Men. The day they learned to admit to a mistake was the day they became women. -- Julia Quinn
When you smile it takes up half your face.'
'Simon!' she exclaimed. 'That sounds horrible.'
'It's enchanting.'
'Distorted.'
'Desirable. -- Julia Quinn
A man only got one shot at declaring himself to his true love; he didn't want to muck it up completely. -- Julia Quinn
He was proud and stubborn, and all the ton looked up to him. Men curried his favor, women flirted like mad. And all the while he'd been terrified every time he'd opened his mouth. -- Julia Quinn
you weren't the perfect man of my dreams." "No one is perfect," he said quietly. "I know." She leaned over and planted an impulsive kiss on his cheek. "You're the imperfect man of my heart, and that's even better. -- Julia Quinn
He was always dependable, she realized. She was usually too busy being irritated by him to notice. -- Julia Quinn
Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet. -- Julia Quinn
Grace-" He scowled, then laughed. "What the devil is your middle name?"
"Catriona." she whispered.
"Grace Catriona Eversleigh," he said, loud and sure, "I love you. -- Julia Quinn
It was funny, he reflected later, how one's life could alter in an
instant, how one
minute everything could be a certain way, and the next it's simply ... not -- Julia Quinn
She was petite, small in that way that made a man want to slay dragons. -- Julia Quinn
Do you live here?" Sophie asked dryly.
"No," he said, plopping down into the chair next to her, "although my mother is constantly telling me to make myself right at home. -- Julia Quinn
The girl doesn't need a violin," he added. "She needs to have
her hands bound so she can never touch an instrument again. -- Julia Quinn
Oh, go ahead and giggle," Lady Danbury sighed. "I've found that the only way to avoid parental frustration is to view him as a source of amusement. -- Julia Quinn
James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?"
Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me. -- Julia Quinn
When a man writes a romance, the woman dies. When a woman writes one, it ends all tidy and sweet. -- Julia Quinn
I didn't think I should die but I did not know how I would Live. -- Julia Quinn
The trip to Ireland ... ' her father was saying.
'Is to determine his legitimacy,' Wyndham confirmed. And then, with a morbidly jolly expression, he continued, 'It's going to be quite a party. Even my grandmother is going. -- Julia Quinn
She didn't want to be commended for knowing how to settle for second-best. That was like winning a prize for the prettiest shoes in a footrace. Irrelevant and not the point. -- Julia Quinn
Daisy said boldly. "Nothing
ventured, nothing gained."
"Yes, but it is a wise man who understands his limits."
"Who said that?" Daisy asked.
"I did," Honoria answered impatiently -- Julia Quinn
Every time he thought he knew everything about her, had unwillingly memorized every last detail, something inside her flickered and changed, and he felt himself falling anew. -- Julia Quinn
It was those eyes as much as anything that had earned him his reputation as a man to be reckoned with. When he stared at a person, clear and unwavering, men grew uncomfortable. Women positively shivered. -- Julia Quinn
She'd spent seven long years without so much as a hug, and she was starved for physical affection. She had known what it was like to be touched and kissed, and she had no idea how much she'd missed it until that very moment. -- Julia Quinn
Music was not so very different from mathematics. It was all just patterns and sequences. The only difference was that they hung in the air instead of on a piece of paper. Dancing was a grand equation. One side was sound, the other movement. The dancer's job was to make them equal. -- Julia Quinn
She tried to remind herself that beauty was only skin deep, but that didn't offer any helpful excuses when she was berating herself for never knowing what to say to people. There was nothing more depressing than an ugly girl with no personality. -- Julia Quinn
Don't settle. Know what you want and reach for it. And if you don't know what you want, be patient.
The answers will
come to you in time, and you may find that your heart s desire has been right under your nose all the
while. -- Julia Quinn
I don't want to destroy your dreams.'
'They were never my dreams until I met you ... a dream you gave me.'
'That doesn't mean I can take it away. -- Julia Quinn
The Smythe-Smith musicale. Thankfully, it came around just once per year, because Hyacinth was quite
certain it would take a full twelve months for her ears to
recover. -- Julia Quinn
Good choice dancing with this one...I've always liked her. More brains than the rest of her family put together. ~ Lady Danbury to Colin Bridgerton -- Julia Quinn
He could just barely make out her form in the path about ten yards ahead of him. Her hair was so fair it captured what little moonlight hung in the darkness and glowed like a halo. -- Julia Quinn
Oh, bloody hell," Anthony swore... "She's got the Mallet of Death. -- Julia Quinn
You do realize, Kilmartin,' Colin said, his voice so soft it was almost chilling, 'that there is no reason you can't marry her. None at all. Except, of course,' he added, almost as an afterthought, 'the reasons you manufacture for yourself. -- Julia Quinn
There was a very slight lilt to it, too, attesting to a childhood spent far from Lincolnshire, and Grace felt herself sway, as if she could fall forward, lightly, softly, and land somewhere else. Far, far from here. -- Julia Quinn
And she never knew that he laid awake the whole time, his lips at her temple, his hand against her hair.
Whispering her name.
Whispering other words as well. -- Julia Quinn
You have a mother?"
He quirked a brow. "Did you think mine was some sort of divine birth? My father was a remarkable man, but even he was not that talented. -- Julia Quinn
What?"
"You're so neat," she said, looking almost embarrassed.
He glanced pointedly over his shoulder. "There are four hundred on the other side of this door."
"But you're ruining me."
"I can't do it neatly? -- Julia Quinn
We cannot accept this sort of money from a stranger.'
'Maybe it's not a stranger,' Susan said.
'Then that's even worse!' Elizabeth retorted. 'My God, can you imagine? Some horrid person treating us like puppets, pulling our strings, thinking he can control our destiny? -- Julia Quinn
She should have been relieved that she did not do something she was sure to regret. But she wasn't. She wanted her regrets. She wanted them desperately. She wanted to do something she knew she should not, and she wanted to lie in bed at night letting the memory keep her warm. -- Julia Quinn
Today I glory in my sixdom."
"Sixdom?"
"Sixitude."
Annabel started to grin.
"Sixulation," Louisa proclaimed. -- Julia Quinn
He touched her cheek, and he looked into her eyes. He saw his whole world there -- Julia Quinn
I simply refuse to deal with idiots ... It has cut my social obligations in half. -- Julia Quinn
He leaned down and whispered, "I love you," in Honoria's ear.
Just because he wanted to.
She didn't look up, but she smiled.
And he smiled, too -- Julia Quinn
Some had had to suffer through a few daughters before siring a precious son, -- Julia Quinn
What is this 'baronet'?" the prince asked.
"Endlessly in between," Harry replied with a sigh. "A bit like purgatory, really. -- Julia Quinn
He looked down at the first entry.
2 MARCH1810
Today I fell in love.
A tear welled up in his eye. Me too, my love. Me too. -- Julia Quinn
You're charm can be terrifying."
"I suppose if you put it that way I cannot help but be complimented. -- Julia Quinn
No man of any intelligence would pretend to know a female mind. -- Julia Quinn
His brows rose. "And how is it that you have come to be such an expert on scrapes and bruises?"
"I'm a governess," she said. Because really, that ought to be explanation enough. -- Julia Quinn
Actually, I'm an excellent liar. But what I'm really good at is appearing appropriately sheepish and adorable after I'm caught. -- Julia Quinn
Daniel immediately knelt at her side, pulling her close. "It's all right," he murmured. "Everything is going to be all right." Anne shook her head. "No, it's not." She looked up, her eyes shining with love. "It's going to be so much better. -- Julia Quinn
It was just a book. An inanimate object. The only power it held was what she chose to give it. It could only be important in her life if she made it such.
Of course, that didn't explain why she half expected it to glow in the dark every time she peered into her satchel. -- Julia Quinn
Suddenly it was too hard to be in his presence, too painful to know that he would belong to someone else. -- Julia Quinn
I vow to spend the rest of my life keeping your hands and feet warm. -- Julia Quinn
Love your siblings. Love them well,
for they are your blood, and when you are unsure,or times are difficult, they will be the ones to stand by your side. -- Julia Quinn
You are so beautiful,' he whispered. She must have heard those words before, thousands of times, but he wanted her to hear them from *him*. -- Julia Quinn
She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years. -- Julia Quinn
Colin decided then and there that the female mind was a strange and incomprehensible organ - one which no man should even attempt to understand. There wasn't a woman alive who could go from point A to B without stopping at C, D, X, and 12 along the way. -- Julia Quinn
Annabel stared at the door, then turned to Sebastian, feeling quite dazed. "I think my grandmother may have just given me permission to ruin myself."
"I'll do all the ruining tonight," he said with a grin. "If you don't mind. -- Julia Quinn
Francesca: It's still a bit cold yet.
Michael: Never stopped John and me.
Francesca: Yes, well, you're Scottish. Your blood circulates quite well half frozen. -- Julia Quinn
Never," he spat out, "kick a man who is pointing a gun at you. -- Julia Quinn
If one read [Lady Whistledown's Society Papers] often enough, one could almost feel a part of London society without actually attending any balls. -- Julia Quinn
I knew nothing but love and devotion when I was growing up. Trust me, it makes everything easier. -- Julia Quinn
And then Alec had a providient thought. "D'you want my sister?"
"Octavia!" Hugh gasped at him. "isn't she twelve?"
"She's nineteen."
"I can't marry her. I'd keep picturing her as twelve. -- Julia Quinn
The gentleman had been an uncommonly affable fellow, but every time he counted to twenty (and he seemed to do so with strange frequency), he skipped the number twelve. -- Julia Quinn
Of course none of those men was suitable. Half were
after your fortune, and as for the other half - well, you
would have reduced them to tears within a month."
"Such tenderness for your youngest child," Hyacinth
muttered. "It quite undoes me. -- Julia Quinn
I'm mostly a historical romance reader, but I never miss a Susan Elizabeth Phillips book. Her characters are larger than life and heartbreakingly real at the same time. I don't know how she does it. -- Julia Quinn
I do love it when I am right,' Hyacinth said triumphantly. 'Which is fortunate, since I so often am. -- Julia Quinn
Lucy nodded dutifully, all the while making a mental list of all the places she would rather be. Paris, Venice, Greece, although weren't they at war? No matter. She would still rather be in Greece.
(On the Way to the Wedding, Bridgertons #8, by Julia Quinn) -- Julia Quinn
He was wearing that enigmatic little smile of his, as if he knew something that she didn't. Actually, she thought, it was more like he knew something that she never would. -- Julia Quinn
Sometimes there are reasons for our fears that we can't
quite explain. Sometimes it's just something we feel in our bones, something we know to be true, but
would sound foolish to anyone else. -- Julia Quinn
He sighed, wondering how his life had been turned upside down by this woman in less than forty-eight hours. Correction: by this woman, a pig, and a rabbit. -- Julia Quinn
In her heart she longed for this man, dreamed of a life that could never be. -- Julia Quinn
It was the one dream he'd never permitted himself to consider. -- Julia Quinn
It's the curse of motherhood. You're required to love us even when we vex you. -- Julia Quinn
Neither one of you is going to kill, maim, attack, or even hug the other for at least thirty minutes. -- Julia Quinn
He'd tried caring before. It had nearly destroyed him. -- Julia Quinn
To call that writing, madam, is an insult to quills and ink across the world. -- Julia Quinn
This kiss . . . I wish for it with a fervor that shakes my soul. I have no idea why I wish it, only that I felt it the moment I saw you at the piano, and it has only intensified in the days since. She -- Julia Quinn
How in the hell am I supposed to watch my back if I have no idea what I'm watching for? -- Julia Quinn
Sometimes Hen ... I think I would give my life just for one of your smiles. -- Julia Quinn
Bridgerton, he grunted. Damn damn damn. Colin Bridgerton was the last person he wanted to see right now. Even the ghost of Napoleon, come down to slice a rapier through his gullet, would have been preferable. -- Julia Quinn
And then what would she say? I just told your brother that I love him, and I'm afraid that he hates me? I can't be alone with Turner because I'm afraid he might ravish me? I can't be alone with Turner because I'm afraid I might ravish him. -- Julia Quinn
And so Harry became proficient in the task of cleaning up vomit. -- Julia Quinn
As she walked slowly down the hall, she could hear them arguing - nothing violent, nothing impassioned. But then, she'd not have expected that. Cavendish tempers ran cold, and they were far more likely to attack with a frozen barb than a heated cry. -- Julia Quinn
Benedict suddenly had to get away. It was either that or kill the twittering ninnyhammer, and with so many witnesses, he didn't think he could get away with it. -- Julia Quinn
Can't I be purple?" Lady Alexandra asked.
Billie looked at her as if she'd asked to have the Magna Carta revised. -- Julia Quinn
That man had deliberately set out to charm her. It didn't matter that he'd succeeded, she thought perversely. It only mattered that he had done it deliberately, probably because he wanted something from her. -- Julia Quinn
Even Colin - the golden boy, the man with the easy smile and devilish humor - had raw spots of his own. He was haunted by unfulfilled dreams and secret insecurities. How unfair she had been when she'd pondered his life, not to allow him his weaknesses. -- Julia Quinn
How many great mysteries are there in life, really?" No one answered, so Colin guessed, "Forty-two?" She -- Julia Quinn
He didn't know if there was a word to describe what he felt in that moment, how he saw the lines of his own heart when her eyes met his. -- Julia Quinn
That sounded good," Daisy said with surprise.
"It sounded like a fish vomiting," Sarah said into the piano.
"A charming image," Honoria remarked.
"I don't think fish do vomit," Daisy remarked, "and if they did, I
don't think it would sound like - -- Julia Quinn
Your heart is free now."
"No," he whispered. "It's yours. -- Julia Quinn
It wasn't one of my favorite boots, Marcus said, trying to cheer Miss Royle up. She looked as if someone had decapitated a puppy. -- Julia Quinn
They climbed up into the carriage and were on their way. Henry caught her bonnet on the doorframe as she was getting in, a circumstance which caused her to mutter most ungraciously under her breath. Dunford thought he heard her say, "Bloody bleeding blooming bonnet," but he couldn't be certain. -- Julia Quinn
He rolled his eyes. Why was he surprised about anything having to do with her? Of course she'd be able to lift a large stone. She was Henry. She could probably lift him. -- Julia Quinn
Happiness could be like a head cold. Or cholera.
Catching. -- Julia Quinn
When he called her Anne, it was the first time she felt as if the name was truly hers. -- Julia Quinn
a wise man understands that his comfort is dependent on living in accord with the women in his life and not attempting to command them." His -- Julia Quinn
I like my life dull.'
'If you like your life dull, then that can only mean that you do not understand the nature of excitement. -- Julia Quinn
Elizabeth, you resemble nothing so much as a hen trying to hatch a book. -- Julia Quinn
I like my parents," Olivia said.
Sebastian shook his head, "A concept so alien I think it must be unpatriotic. -- Julia Quinn
Certainly not every reader has liked every one of my books, but I think that's a good thing because it means I'm not repeating myself. -- Julia Quinn
It was heaven. Forget angels, forget St. Peter and glittering harpsichords. Heaven was a dance in the arms of one's true love. -- Julia Quinn
You'll lose your audience and then where will we be? We have future gray-eyed babies to feed, you know. -- Julia Quinn
I keep trying to write a bad boy and they always come out nice. I don't see the appeal of someone who is going to demean me in some way. -- Julia Quinn
So Hermione was the siren, and Lucy was the trusty friend, and all was right with the world. Or if not right, then at least quite predictable. -- Julia Quinn
Five years with the dowager - Good God, she ought to be given a title in her own right as a penance for such as that. No one had done more for England. -- Julia Quinn
A vital component of charity and grace is the ability not to draw attention to one's possession of them. Penelope pursed her lips as she pushed Eloise -- Julia Quinn
He wasn't sure how he ought to feel about this.
On the other hand ... boiled meat! -- Julia Quinn
Watch over Honoria, will you? See she doesn't marry an idiot. (Daniel Smythe-Smith) -- Julia Quinn
You make me smile. -- Julia Quinn
He ground his teeth and slapped some slop down into a pile. The stench was beyond overwhelming. "I thought you said pigs are clean."
"Cleaner than people usually think, but not as clean as you and I." She looked at his messy boots, amusement dancing in her gray eyes. "Well, usually. -- Julia Quinn
Lucy could feel herself slipping, sliding into need, falling into a hazy place of love and desire where right was not quite identifiable from wrong. -- Julia Quinn
He didn't know what he felt. For the first time in his life, his thoughts were a jumble, tossing and turning and writing over each other like an endlessly edited story. -- Julia Quinn
I'm leaving!" she said, with, in her opinion, great drama and resolve.
But he just answered her with a sly half smile, and said, "I'm following."
And the bloody man remained two strides behind her the entire way home. -- Julia Quinn
The eggs were extremely interesting, as was the bacon,and the hydrangeas outside the window were absolutely fascinating. hydrangeas.who would have imagined? -- Julia Quinn
But he had saved her. That was irrefutable. Maybe it didn't really matter why he'd come to Phillip's party, only that he had, and he had saved her. -- Julia Quinn
Dowager grumbled a bit about that, using the same peevish -- Julia Quinn
Well, I'll be," she said mischievously. "You might just be a nice person after all."
"I'm hardly nice," he scoffed.
"Perhaps, but you're hardly cruel, either."
-Daphne & Simon -- Julia Quinn
Nobody ever thinks it's nice to see me...But I thank you for lying all the same. ~ Lady Danbury -- Julia Quinn
Anthony glared at his brother, then for good measure at Miss Sheffield, who was looking at him as if he'd just despoiled ten virgins in her presence. -- Julia Quinn
And I hope you will not think me foolish when I also extend my thanks.
Thank you, Michael, for letting my son love her first.
- from Janet Stirling, dowager Countess of Kilmartin, to Michael Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin -- Julia Quinn
There was a huge difference between dislike and disregard. -- Julia Quinn
Tell me something wicked. -- Julia Quinn
She didn't like to think she was so shallow that a mere dress could make her happy, but she had to concede that it gave her a new sense of self-confidence. -- Julia Quinn
Most fiction series are written so that the reader can come in at any point and not feel lost, but if you can start at the beginning, why not? -- Julia Quinn
This is none of your concern,' his uncle spat.
'I beg to differ,' Sebastian said quietly. 'A lady in distress is always my concern. -- Julia Quinn
Did you know I have always suspected that men were idiots," Daphne ground out, "but I was never positive until today. -- Julia Quinn
That was very rude of me."
"Think nothing of it. You've done worse. -- Julia Quinn
In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and clear that one feels as if one's been hit in the chest, all the breath knocked out, and one knows, absolutely knows without the merest hint of a shadow of a doubt that one's life will never be the same. -- Julia Quinn
Claire hasn't told me why she behaved as such, although I have a good idea.'
'I suspect you do,' Ellie said quietly.
'Thank you for not embarrassing her before Charles.'
'She didn't need her heart broken twice. -- Julia Quinn
This has to be the most self-centered thing I've ever said, but no, I think you just wanted to vex me. -- Julia Quinn
To this day, 'The Duke and I' remains particularly close to my heart; I felt it was the novel in which my writing took a huge leap forward. -- Julia Quinn
We'll just forget about this little conversation, shall we? The last bit that is.
She managed to stretch her lips into a smile, but what she really wanted to do was hurl the brandy decanter at him. -- Julia Quinn
Just her and the great outdoors. Gwendolyn Margaret Passmore and a million blades of grass. -- Julia Quinn
She had been born for this man, and she had spent so many years trying to accept the fact that he had been born for someone else ... -- Julia Quinn
If he was planning to attack and ravish, he gave no indication of being in a hurry to do so. -- Julia Quinn
I can't rave enough about Eloisa James. I'm simply in awe of her talent. -- Julia Quinn
All I meant to say is that a rake's humor has its basis in cruelty. He needs a victim, for he cannot imagine ever laughing at himself. You, your grace, are rather clever with the self-deprecating remark. -- Julia Quinn
Sophie shook her head, completely unable to speak. Posy had knocked her breath clear to Scotland. -- Julia Quinn
A duel, a duel, a duel. Is there anything more exciting, more romantic ... or more utterly moronic? -- Julia Quinn
He didn't know where the thought had come from, or what strange corner of his brain had come to that conclusion, because he was quite certain it would be nearly impossible to live with her, but somehow he knew that it wouldn't be at all difficult to love her. -- Julia Quinn
Maybe she was a wallflower. There was no shame in that. Especially not if one enjoyed being a wallflower. -- Julia Quinn
But I wouldn't choose to spend time with them." Sebastian considered this, "Especially my father. As he's dead. -- Julia Quinn
It was strange, to find a woman who could make him happy just with her mere presence. He didn't even have to see her, or hear her voice, or even smell her scent. He just had to know that she was there. -- Julia Quinn
She'd met Colin on a Monday.
She'd kissed him on a Friday.
Twelve years later.
She sighed. It seemed fairly pathetic. -- Julia Quinn
You're mine," he said, his eyes never leaving hers as he slid inside. "You're mine."
And much later, when they were exhausted and spent, lying in each other's arms, he brought his lips to her ear and whispered, "And I'm yours. -- Julia Quinn
Something important is always about to happen ... And if not, you'd do well to act as if it were. You'll enjoy life better that way. -- Julia Quinn
Tonight," he whispered, his voice hoarse and hot in her ear, "I will make you mine."
-Simon to Daphne -- Julia Quinn
He wanted her. He wanted her completely.
But his family was waiting for him at supper, and his ancestors were staring down at him from their portrait frames, and *she* - the woman in question - was watching him with a wariness that broke his heart. -- Julia Quinn
I thought you wanted food," she gasped.
"I do," he murmured, tugging on the bodice of her dress. "But I want you more. -- Julia Quinn
At the end of the day, he was going to find himself either dead or married, and he wasn't quite prepared to let the Bridgerton brothers take the matter to a vote. And -- Julia Quinn
I don't think that writing talent has much to do with where one went to school, or the number of degrees on one's business card, but I do get a bit bristly at the implication that romance authors couldn't possibly be smart enough to get into an Ivy League school. -- Julia Quinn
People saw what they expected to see. It was one of the basic truisms of life. -- Julia Quinn
My heart swells," she mimicked. She snapped out of her caricature, and said sternly, "Woman don't like to be on the receiving end of sarcasm."
"They only like to give it," he drawled. -- Julia Quinn
Until you've lived through all that," he said, "don't you ever complain about what we have. Because to me ... to me ... " He choked on the words, but he barely paused before he continued. "This - us - is heaven. I can't bear to hear you say otherwise. -- Julia Quinn
My mother is convinced that yellow is a happy color and that a happy girl would get a husband.
-Penelope Featherington -- Julia Quinn
She looked delighted by the prospect. Delighted that he might find the perfect woman.
And there it was. His faith in a higher power reaffirmed. Truly, moments of this ironic perfection could not come about by accident. -- Julia Quinn
I suggest," Colin said, raising one brow into a perfectly debonair arch, "that we flee the scene. -- Julia Quinn
She looked out
over the crowd, murmuring, I wonder if there are any gentlemen
here who might be willing to marry me before Wednesday -- Julia Quinn
Dogs deserve proper names."
"Cats, too?"
"Cats are entirely different. They catch mice. -- Julia Quinn
I shall freckle."
"That doesn't bother me," he said with a shrug.
"It bothers me!"
"Don't worry. They'll be on your own face, so you won't have to see them."
Ellie gaped at him, astounded by his illogic. -- Julia Quinn
Honoria Smythe-Smith," Sarah said, positively grinning, "I am
so proud of you."
"I would ask why," Honoria replied warily, "but I'm not sure I
want to know the answer -- Julia Quinn
She was in love. Lady Sarah Pleinsworth was in love.
And it was grand. -- Julia Quinn
Colin leaned forward. I really did not want to leave my wife. -- Julia Quinn
She was here, with him, and she felt like heaven. The soft scent of her hair, the slight taste of salt on her skin - she was, he thought, born to rest in the shelter of his arms. And he was born to hold her.
-Benedict's thoughts -- Julia Quinn
We plan to avoid cupids," Mr. Audley said.
"Cupids?" Amelia echoed. Good heavens, he did move from topic to topic.
He shrugged. "I have discovered that I am not fond of them."
How could anyone not be fond of cupids? -- Julia Quinn
she could not bear to let someone else perform a task when she could do it better herself. -- Julia Quinn
But looking beautiful isn't, I think, as important as feeling beautiful, -- Julia Quinn
Sometimes ... " Anthony said in a halting voice, "sometimes there are reasons for our fears that we can't quite explain. Sometimes it's just something we feel in our bones, something we know to be true, but would sound foolish to anyone else."
-Anthony to Kate -- Julia Quinn
In his heart, she'd been smiling for him.
But now she was smiling at Colin Bridgerton, he of the famous charm and sparkling green eyes. -- Julia Quinn
It's your musicale." "And I'll sulk if I want to," she -- Julia Quinn
A misunderstanding?" Elizabeth echoed. "With an anvil?"
"Oh, stop," Harriet admonished her. "I think he looks very dashing."
"As if he dashed into an anvil. -- Julia Quinn
He smiled, and suddenly she knew that his words were true. Everything would be all right. Maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow, but soon. Tragedy couldn't coexist in a world with one of Colin's smiles. -- Julia Quinn
This is why I didn't get married last year," she said to him. "I wouldn't be here to nurse you." She thought about that for a moment. "Of course, one could make the argument that you wouldn't be in this situation if not for me. But we're not going to dwell upon that. -- Julia Quinn
She was so beautiful it made her teeth ache.
He made a mental note not to attempt poetry. -- Julia Quinn
How I Would Like to Kill My Brother,
Version Sixteen
By Olivia Bevelstoke
No. really, what was the point? She could hardly top Version Fifteen, which had featured both vivisection and wild boar. -- Julia Quinn
It is of no concern. I don't mind that I am not universally adored. If I wanted everyone to like me, I'd have to be kind and charming and bland and boring all the time, and what would be the fun in that? -- Julia Quinn
Places I Would Rather Be, Edition 1821
By Lady Olivia Bevelstoke
France
With Miranda
With Miranda in France
In bed with a cup of chocolate and a newspaper
Anywhere with a cup of chocolate and a newspaper
Anywhere with either with a cup of chocolate or a newspaper -- Julia Quinn
Nothing like trapping the gentlemen where they couldn't get away. -- Julia Quinn
But as they settled into their seats in the inn's busy dining room, he looked at her across the table and it wasn't her beauty he saw. It was her heart. And her soul. And he had a sinking feeling that his life was never going to be the same. -- Julia Quinn
She looked down at her sketch pad. She'd been drawing a rabbit. She decided to give him unpleasant teeth. Vicious little bunny. Excellent. -- Julia Quinn
Where is he? Bridgerton!" he bellowed.
Three chestnut heads swiveled in his direction. Simon stomped across the grass, murder in his eyes.
"I meant the idiot Bridgerton."
"That, I believe," Anthony said mildly, tilting his chin toward Colin, "would refer to you. -- Julia Quinn
They don't have to all be maidens."
"Well, that's very liberal of you," Caroline said with a sisterly smirk. "But since I can hardly hand out a questionnaire as regards their experiences in that regard, we'll have to leave it there. -- Julia Quinn
What a sad pair we are," she said. "Surely we can manage a conversation on a topic other than our respective terrible evenings. -- Julia Quinn
His life as he knew it was over. -- Julia Quinn
Tumbling to the ground. "Didja ... didja hafta open it so ... so fast?" he mumbled. -- Julia Quinn
This was killing her. She had to break the silence. This was not natural. It was too awful. People were
meant to talk. -- Julia Quinn
If you cannot recognize the problem, there is no way that I could explain it to you."
He laughed, damn the man. "My goodness," he said, "that was an expert sidestep. -- Julia Quinn
The ranks of society are once again filled with Ambitious Mamas, whose
only aim is to
see their Darling Daughters married off to Determined Bachelors -- Julia Quinn
I don't know why people persist in believing women are inferior, when it is quite clear that men are the more feeble-minded of the two. -- Julia Quinn
He loved her.
He wanted her.
He needed her.
And he needed her now. -- Julia Quinn
Were you tempted?"
"Of course not! Kate would slit my throat."
"I'm not talking about what Kate would do to you if you strayed, although I'm of the opinion that she would not start at your throat. -- Julia Quinn
It has oft been said that physicians make the worst patients, but it is the opinion of This Author that any man makes a terrible patient. One might say it takes patience to be a patient, and heaven knows, the males of our species lack an abundance of patience. -- Julia Quinn
You don't talk much, do you?" she blurted out.
"I didn't think there was a need. You seem to be holding up both our ends of the conversation admirably. -- Julia Quinn
I wanted to skewer her with a stare, flay her with a frown, impale her with a - I say, what are you doing?
Charles would have answered her, but he was laughing so hard he was doubled over. -- Julia Quinn
Don't tell me your name. It's likely to awaken my conscience, and that's the last thing we want. -- Julia Quinn
A few minutes later they were ensconced in his landau, the canopy pulled up tight. -- Julia Quinn
I can't imagine a romance novel published today where the hero rapes the heroine and she falls in love with him. -- Julia Quinn
Be strong. Be diligent. Be conscientious. There is never anything to be gained by taking the easy road. -- Julia Quinn
I shall be delighted to see you again this evening."
"Will you?"
(chuckles) "How tart! Positively lemonish of you."
"Lemonish; really. -- Julia Quinn
You'll marry the earl and carry on with the nephew on the side."
"Grandmother! -- Julia Quinn
Everything was better with bacon. Life was better with bacon. Elizabeth -- Julia Quinn
This was Penelope, and this was love. -- Julia Quinn
He just wanted to see it. From afar. To see what might have been, what he was glad hadn't been. But maybe should have been. -- Julia Quinn
She won't know how to fulfill the duties of a noblewoman.'
'She is quite bright. And one could find no fault with her manners. She has received a gentle education. I am certain she will make an excellent countess.' Robert's expression softened. 'Her very nature will bring honor to our name. -- Julia Quinn
Jack stopped cold. Where had THAT come from?
From your conscience, a niggling little voice - probably his conscience - told him.
Damn. He really needed to get a better night's sleep. His conscience was never this loud. -- Julia Quinn
Olivia: You didn't even know I was there!
Harry: Excuse me, yes I did. -- Julia Quinn
Have you found the milk," he asked, "or must I venture out in search of a cow? -- Julia Quinn
Nonetheless, I can't help but be flattered that you noticed the latest addition to my collection," he said.
She rolled her eyes. "Because personal injuries are such a dignified thing to collect."
"Are all governesses so sarcastic? -- Julia Quinn
Honoria sighed. "We can't do what we did last year."
"I don't see why not," Sarah said. "I can't imagine anyone
would recognize it from our interpretation -- Julia Quinn
It was a damned good thing men couldn't have children. Gregory took no shame in admitting that the
human race would have died out generations earlier. -- Julia Quinn
He didn't like her. He really didn't, but by God, he'd have sold a piece of his soul right then to dance with her -- Julia Quinn
He was helpless against his own devilish nature when it came to this girl -- Julia Quinn
He was trying not to grin, but it was exceedingly difficult with Lady Penwood gasping like a fish on land. -- Julia Quinn
I'm not certain you'd know the right sort of man for you if he arrived on our doorstep riding an elephant."
"I would think the elephant would be a fairly good indication that I ought to look elsewhere. -- Julia Quinn
He ought to buy her a new dress. She would never accept it, of course, but maybe if her current garments were accidentally burned ...
... But how could he manage to burn her dress? She'd have to not be wearing it, and that posed a certain challenge in and of itself ... -- Julia Quinn
He was the firstborn Bridgerton of a firstborn Bridgerton of a firstborn Bridgerton eight times over. He had a dynastic responsibility to be fruitful and multiply. -- Julia Quinn
If looks could have killed, Susan would have been bleeding profusely from the forehead. -- Julia Quinn
I heard her ask Lord Nebel how many sheep he was running on his estate. He didn't even know he was running sheep."
"I have sheep, but from the look of it, all they do is eat. No running. -- Julia Quinn
It has no piano part," Honoria reminded her.
"I have no objection," Sarah said quickly. From behind the
piano. -- Julia Quinn
Weakness never got anyone anywhere. -- Julia Quinn
And if you say that's because you lot barged into her home like a herd of mentally deficient sheep, I'm disowning all three of you. -- Julia Quinn
Everyone has secrets.
Especially me. -- Julia Quinn
He made her miserable!" Benedict protested. "As her brothers, it's our duty to
"
"Respect her intelligence enough to let her solve her own problems," Violet snapped. -- Julia Quinn
You married into the family. You have to love me. It's a contractual obligation. -- Julia Quinn
He was discovering that may be there was more him than his name. And may be, when all was said and done, he'd still be whole. -- Julia Quinn
Ellie fought the urge to stamp her foot. "I meant it this time. Do you accept my apology?"
"It appears," he said, raising his eyebrows, "that you might do me bodily harm if I do not."
"Ungracious prig," she muttered. "I am trying to apologize."
"And I," he said, "am trying to accept. -- Julia Quinn
Before she knew what she was about, she was jumping about like a crazy woman, yelling, "Yes! Yes! I win!"
"You don't win," Anthony snapped.
"Oh, it feels like I've won," she reveled. -- Julia Quinn
Caroline Trent hadn't meant to shoot Percival Prewitt, but she had, and now he was dead.
Or at least she thought he was dead. -- Julia Quinn
In this room,in this minite,she was his everything -- Julia Quinn
Do you know what is nice about friendships as longstanding
as ours?" Hyacinth interrupted.
Felicity shook her head.
"You won't take permanent offense when I turn my
back and walk away."
And then Hyacinth did just that. -- Julia Quinn
Something she knew she did not have the right to ask him about. But she wished - oh, how she
wished - that when he was ready to face his fears, she could be the one to help him. -- Julia Quinn
Most people don't laugh so much while they're kissing." He grinned boyishly and tweaked her nose.
Belle tweaked his back. "They don't? How unfortunate for them. -- Julia Quinn
Anthony looked down at his evil clutches
hands, he reminded himself, hands
and grinned anew. -- Julia Quinn
Anne strove for honesty whenever possible, probably because it so often wasn't possible. -- Julia Quinn
You are a treasure, Iris Kenworthy, -- Julia Quinn
As his hands moved to his trousers, he saw that she was pulling the bedsheets over her. "Don't," he said, barely recognizing his own voice. Her eyes met his, and he said, "I'll be your blanket". -- Julia Quinn
You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending. -- Julia Quinn
He didn't know her name, didn't know anything about her except that she dreamed of Rome and smelled like violets.
And that she tasted like vanilla cream. -- Julia Quinn
Good," Colin muttered, taking a bite. "I'm famished." "How can you think of food?" Gregory said angrily. "I always think of food," Colin replied, his eyes searching the table until he located the butter. "What else is there?" "Your wife," Benedict drawled. -- Julia Quinn
He'd mesmerized her, held her soul captive. And she couldn't move.
"Unless you want more than a dream," he said.
She did.
"Will you stay?" he whispered. "Or will you go?"
She stayed. Heaven help her, she stayed.
And Michael showed her just how romantic a library could be. -- Julia Quinn
Everything tastes better with quite a lot of butter." "We -- Julia Quinn
She's my little sister. Mine to torture and mine to protect. -- Julia Quinn
The way he had always tried to tell her he loved her when she least expected it. -- Julia Quinn
Am I not allowed to have my pride? Or is that an emotion reserved for the elite? -- Julia Quinn
Amelia, do meet my cousin.
Your cousin?
Indeed. He might be the duke.
Then who are you?
Excellent question. -- Julia Quinn
I believe I may kill you before the season is out, Sarah
remarked in much the same tone she used when saying, I believe I
shall have lemonade instead of tea. -- Julia Quinn
She needed him to be him. Even if he could not be hers. -- Julia Quinn
in his direction. "She is being -- Julia Quinn
I don't like your tone, was Violet's standard answer when one of her children was winning an argument. -- Julia Quinn
Isn't it nice to discover that we're not exactly what we thought we were? -- Julia Quinn
It was one of those things that had to be experienced to be understood -- Julia Quinn
She glared at him. "I'm not asking you to apologize."
"Well, that's a relief.I doubt I could find the words. -- Julia Quinn
