Quotes from Julia Quinn

Benedict, and Colin were still standing in the foyer. Anthony was studying the ceiling, Benedict was pretending to inspect his fingernails, and Colin was staring quite shamelessly.

Good God, you don't think I'm trying to pair you off with Daphne, do you?" Simon said nothing. "You would never suit. You're a bit too brooding for her tastes.

And then Andrew saw his downfall unfold on her face.

He was dead, of course, but I needed a little more time. I just sat beside him and watched his face." Another short burst of angry laughter escaped his lips. "God, what a fool I was. I think I half expected him to open his eyes at any moment.

Tesadüfler.Her ÅŸey tesadüflerden ibaretti.Hiçbir bilim insan? kabullenmese de en büyük icatlar,birileri tamam?yla bambaÅŸka bir sorunu çözmeye çal???rken ortaya ç?kard?.

There's a kind of grief that just eats one up. It weighs one down.

If you want a new direction for your life," she said, "then for heaven's sake, just pick something out and do it. The world is your oyster, Colin. You're young, wealthy, and you're a man." Penelope's voice turned bitter, resentful. "You can do anything you want.

He touched her lips and she felt it in her toes. It was a singularly odd—and singularly wonderful—sensation.

And Anthony, who'd only just learned what it was to love, learned what it was to die inside.

It's hard to believe that someone is gone when he looks so normal and at peace.

Be mine," he said, his voice thick and urgent. "Be mine right now. Be mine forever. I'll give you anything you want. All I want in return is you.

No me hace falta ser tan buena. Solo necesito disfrutar por mí misma. Y necesito saber que lo he intentado.

Blond hair, not too blond. Blue eyes—again, not too blue. Awkwardly shaped mouth that never quite held still the way she wanted it to, and the same nondescript nose with the same seven freckles, including the one close to her eye that no one ever noticed but her. It looked like Ireland. She didn't know why that interested her, but it always had.

She made him laugh. She made him want to make her laugh. And when he was with her—Well, when he was with her he wanted her like hell, but during those few moments when his body managed to keep itself in check ... He was content. 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. If that wasn't love, he didn't know what was.

You'll find marriage a lot easier if you simply allow it to be.

She'd wanted to steal one last glance at him and memorize his stance—that singular way he held himself when he stood, hands behind his back, legs slightly apart. Lucy knew that hundreds of men stood the same way, but on him it was different.

He rolled his eyes. Women. And yet, this was Billie. The least womanly woman of

Tiene miedo. Es mucho mas fácil cerrarse a las personas que amarlas. Si uno se rodea el corazón con un sólido muro, nadie puede acercarse lo bastante para romperlo. ¿No le parece?

It's the curse of motherhood. You're required to love us even when we vex you.

It's not their fault that their conversation is useless. They'll grow out of it. People are like fine wines. If they start off good, they only get better with age.

I think I have to kiss you," he said, looking as if he couldn't quite believe his own words. "It's rather like breathing. One doesn't have much choice in the matter.

He wasn't certain how this woman had come to mean so much to him. It seemed that one day she was a stranger, and the next she was as indispensable as air. And yet it hadn't happened in a blinding flash. It had been a slow, sneaky process, quietly coloring his emotions until he realized that without her, his life lacked all meaning.

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

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.