Quotes from Julia Quinn

was the last person he wanted to see right now. Even the ghost of Napoleon, come down to slice a rapier through his gullet, would have been preferable.

He whispered her name, touched her cheek. Her eyes widened, lips parted. And in the end, it was inevitable.

Waistlines were dropping in the capital; the forgiving billows of the Regency style were giving way to something far more structured and uncomfortable. By 1840, Iris predicted, women would be corseted into nothingness.

It amazed her how easily he could infuriate her. She loved desperately—she'd long since given up lying to herself about that—and yet he could make her entire body shake with anger with one little quip.

Is she there now?" It was remarkable how quickly this was growing tedious. "Seb—" "Now? "Why are you here?

James climbed in and pulled a hunk of bread from a satchel on the seat. "What the devil is going on?" "Mmmble nnn munchke." "I beg your pardon?

So she settled for crossing her arms and skewering him with a glare. To no effect whatsoever. He just stared down at her and said, "No." Hyacinth opened her mouth one last time, then gave up, sighed, and said, "Well, I suppose if I could walk

This…this love…it had crept up on her, rolling along, gaining in momentum until one day it was there. It was there, and it was true, and she knew it would be with her always.

bal-cy-on (adjective). Calm, quiet, peaceful, undisturbed. I shan't look back upon these as halcyon days.

Are you trying to torture me?" "You know," he said thoughtfully, "I rather think I am.

Don't settle. Know what you want and reach for it. And if you don't know what you want, be patient. The answers will come to you in time, and you may find that your heart's desire has been right under your nose all the while.

If you cannot recognize the problem, there is no way that I could explain it to you." He laughed, damn the man. "My goodness," he said, "that was an expertsidestep.

Men are much easier to manage once you understand a few basic facts about their nature." "Which are?" Kate prompted. Daphne leaned forward and whispered behind her cupped hand, "They're not as smart as we are, they're not as intuitive as we are, and they certainly don't need to know about fifty percent of what we do.

I like to build houses out of playing cards.

Poppy clasped her hands together, her smile enough to light the room. "It makes me so happy and I don't even know him." "My mother often says that it is the mark of a truly good person if she is happy for those she has never met.

In other words, they were all plumb crazy.

I've learned a thing or two about women over the years." "Really?" Kate asked, fascinated. He nodded and leaned in, as if imparting a grave state secret. "They're much easier to manage if one allows them to believe that they are smarter and more intuitive than men. And," he added with a superior glance at his wife, "our lives are much more peaceful if we pretend that we're only aware of about fifty percent of what they do.

If you want to know if a gentleman loves you,' her mother said, 'there is only one true way to be sure.' " Lady Danbury leaned forward. Even Hyacinth leaned forward, and she was holding the book. "'It's in his kiss,' her mother whispered. 'It's all there, in his kiss.

Before I met you I was only half-alive... And now?... 'Now' suddenly means happiness, and joy, and a wife I adore... 'Now' doesn't even compare to tomorrow. And tomorrow couldn't possibly compete with the next day. As perfect as I feel this very moment, tomorrow is going to be even better... every day I'm going to love you more. I promise you that.

plague nor pestilence nor perfidious paramour

Another little fact she'd never have known if she had not ventured from her safe little home in Derbyshire. She was glad she'd come. Truly, she was. She would be leaving with a broken heart—for more reasons than one—but it would be worth it. She was a better person—no, she was a stronger person.

She didn't want to change the world. She just wanted to make it lovely and wonderful for the people she loved.

He knew it the way he knew the earth was round and her eyes were blue and that two plus two would always always be four.

Cuando era más joven hice una serie de promesas y ahora intento vivir mi vida acorde a esas promesas.