Quotes from Julia Quinn

If you can throw it, I can catch it.

last season glowering at me." "I did

You're wearing breeches," George said with a heavy sigh. "Of course you're wearing breeches." "I would hardly have attempted the tree in a dress." "No," he said dryly, "you're much too sensible for that.

And he needed the yes. He had loved her for years, dreamed about touching her for so damned long. And now that the moment was finally here, he just didn't know if he could bear it if she didn't really want it. There were only so many ways a man's heart could break, and he had a feeling his couldn't survive another puncture.

Did it matter what a man wrote if no one ever read it? Did words have meaning if they were never heard?

How in the hell am I supposed to watch my back if I have no idea what I'm watching for?

His hand skimmed softly over her stomach, then he said, "I think I'm a little overdressed, don't you?" Kate's eyes widened as he left the bed and stripped off the rest of his clothing. His body was perfection, his chest finely muscled, his arms and legs powerful, and his— "Oh, my God," she gasped. He grinned. "I'll take that as a compliment." -Anthony & Kate

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.

Is it possible to be so happy for one person and at the same time be so sad for oneself? "Only the most generous in spirit can manage it. The rest of us don't know how to be happy for another when our own dreams have gone astray.

But a truly smart person learns from other people's mistakes.

A mãe sempre dissera que, quando uma mulher estava bem-vestida, se sentia bem.

You are the bane of my existence and the object of all my desires.

He sat in his chair, barely able to contain his own maniacal laughter. Oh, Michael, he thought, the chair shaking beneath him as he let his head fall into his hands. Welcome to the rest of your life.

Queria que ela adorasse aquilo, que o amasse e que soubesse, quando se deitassem nos braços um do outro, suados e exaustos, que pertencia a ele. Porque ele já sabia que pertencia a ela.

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.

Many a woman has been ruined by a single kiss. LADY WHISTLEDOWN'S SOCIETY PAPERS

Talvez aquilo fosse a definição do amor, afinal. Querer uma pessoa, precisar dela e a adorar até mesmo nos momentos de fúria, quando se tinha vontade de amarrá-la à cama só para que ela não saísse e causasse ainda mais problemas.

She had been kissed. Her. Lucy. For once it was about her. She was at the center of her world. It was life. And it was happening to her.

Gregory knew a thing or two about women, the most important of which was that it was always a good idea to befriend the friend, provided they really were friends, and not just that odd thing women did where they pretended to be friends and were actually just waiting for the perfect moment to knife each other in the ribs.

The viscount was running in front of her, and all she could think was that he must really want to marry Edwina, because despite the fact that he was clearly a splendid athlete, he looked most undignified dashing through the park after a rotund corgi.

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

Yes, that's exactly what he would do. Avoid her. How difficult could that be?

when Francesca had turned to him with those bottomless blue eyes and said, 'The baby was to have been yours in a way, too,' she'd shattered him to his very soul. She didn't know. She had no idea. And as long as she remained in the dark about his feelings for her, as long as she couldn't understand why he had no choice but to hate himself for every step he took in John's shoes, he couldn't be near her. Because she was going to keep saying things like that.

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