Quotes from Julia Quinn

People saw what they expected to see. It was one of the basic truisms of life.

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.

She was so beautiful it made her teeth ache. He made a mental note not to attempt poetry.

A lot of women want children." "Right," he said, coughing on the word. "Of course. But… don"t you think you might want a husband first?" "Of course.

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.

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.

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.

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

I have to go out," she said, her words oddly curt and abrupt. "There"s something I need to do." "At half eight in the morning?" "I"ll be back soon," she said, hurrying toward the door. "Don"t go anywhere." "Well, damn," he tried to joke, "there go my plans to visit the King.

If looks could have killed, Susan would have been bleeding profusely from the forehead.

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.

This was Penelope, and this was love.

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!

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)

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.

Have you seen Frances?" He tilted his head to the right. "I believe she's off rooting about in the bushes." Anne followed his gaze uneasily. "Rooting?" "She told me she was practicing for the next play." Anne blinked at him, not following. "For when she gets to be a unicorn." "Oh, of course." She chuckled. "She is rather tenacious, that one.

And when he kissed her . . . All she wanted was more. "You are so beautiful," he murmured, and for the first time in her life, Sarah truly believed that she was. She touched his cheek. "So are you." Hugh smiled down at her, a silly half grin that told her he did not believe her for one second.

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.

Have you found the milk," he asked, "or must I venture out in search of a cow?

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.

no one had ever brought her flowers before, and she hadn't known until that very moment how badly she'd wanted someone to do so.

Your heart is free now." "No," he whispered. "It's yours.

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.

Let me drive," she said, reaching for the reins. He turned to her in disbelief. "This is a phaeton, not a single-horse wagon." Sophie fought the urge to throttle him. His nose was running, his eyes were red, he couldn't stop coughing, and still he found the energy to act like an arrogant peacock. "I assure you," she said slowly, "that I know how to drive a team of horses.