Quotes from Julia Quinn

There were a lot of things in life to be afraid of, but strangeness ought not be among them.

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.

I can't rave enough about Eloisa James. I'm simply in awe of her talent.

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.

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.

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.

I knew nothing but love and devotion when I was growing up. Trust me, it makes everything easier.

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.

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.

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.

You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending.

Do I look like a mess?" she asked. He nodded. "But you're my mess," he whispered.

Men. The day they learned to admit to a mistake was the day they became women.

Anthony looked down at his evil clutches -- hands, he reminded himself, hands -- and grinned anew.

There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not Lust After Thy Friend's Sister.

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?

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.

My mother is convinced that yellow is a happy color and that a happy girl would get a husband. -Penelope Featherington

Sometimes Hen...I think I would give my life just for one of your smiles.

Weakness never got anyone anywhere.

In her heart she longed for this man, dreamed of a life that could never be.

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.

And, she was able to tell herself with some satisfaction, the man in question - one Colin Bridgerton - felt precisely the same way.... ....His earth shook, his heart leaped, and Penelope knew without a doubt that his breath was taken away as well. For a good ten seconds. Falling off a horse tended to do that to a man.

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.