Quotes from Julia Quinn

Knowing is rarely a prerequisite for hating.

Erkeklerin inatç? olduÄŸunu söyleyenler,keçilere hakaret etmiÅŸ olurlar.

It is simply a matter of making sure they realize that you are comfortable with them. Once they realize that, they will be comfortable with you.

if it wasn't good for the goose, the gander could damn well do without too.

Amelia, do meet my cousin. Your cousin? Indeed. He might be the duke. Then who are you? Excellent question.

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?

No, I'm not going to forget it, I've spent my life forgetting things, not saying them, never telling anyone what I really want.

As she spoke, she turned her face toward his, and in that instant, with the wind catching her hair and painting her cheeks pink, she looked so enchantingly lovely that Simon nearly forgot to breathe.

The only thing worse than a man who makes a woman cry is a man who makes a woman cry and then doesn't feel guilty about it.

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.

I am sure it is not worth such high drama. I do not profess to know or understand romantic love between husband and wife, but surely it is not so all-encompassing that the loss of one would destroy the other. You are stronger than you think, dear sister. You would survive quite handily without him, moot point though it may be.

Really, if people weren't so intent on keeping young women completely ignorant of the realities of marriage, scenes like this could be avoided.

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.

Siempre me pareció una tontería desear a una mujer que conversara apenar mejor que una oveja.

You bloody fool," he swore. "Do you have any idea how dangerous it is in the world for a woman alone?" "Er, yes," she managed. "Actually, I do.

Men are always more interested in a woman if they think other men are interested." - Simon Basset

Promise me," she said. "You have to promise me that you will always be more happy than you are sorry.

Are you trying to marry Daphne off so that she might be happy as a wife and a mother, or are you just trying to beat Mrs. Featherington to the altar?" - Anthony Bridgerton

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.

Simon groaned. "Do young ladies still need permission to waltz?

Where is he?" Violet demanded without preamble. "My husband, I presume?" "No, your great-uncle Edmund," Violet practically snapped. "Of course I mean your husband.

That seemed to cover a lot of life, he'd come to realize. Proving something right wasn't the same as proving the opposite wrong.

And so kissing her became a matter of self-preservation. It was simple. If he did not kiss her now, if he did not consume her, he would die. It sounded melodramatic, but at the moment he would have sworn it to be true. The hand of desire twisting around his gut would burst into flame and take him along with it.

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.