Quotes from Julia Quinn

was somehow even more heartbreaking. "I wonder if it would be easier," she said, "knowing for sure." "I don't know. The loss of hope versus the certainty of truth. It's not an easy judgment to make.

Your plan isn't going to work." He was all innocence. "I have a plan?" "Oh, please," she scoffed. "You're going to try to wear me down in hopes that eventually I'll give in." "I would never dream of it." "I'm sure you dream of quite a bit more," she muttered. -Sophie & Benedict

She obviously wasn't going fast enough, because he picked her up and dropped her out the window himself, where she landed in Dunford's waiting arms. "You're here too?" she asked weakly. "If I were you, I'd be grateful for my presence. Ashbourne is nearly ready to explode.

And he, who had slept with countless women, suddenly realized that he'd been nothing but a green boy. Because it had never been like this. That had been his body. This was his soul.

Richard was to think he could pass off her child as his and not have it rain unhappiness later. If it was a girl, they might make it work, but if Fleur had a boy . . . Clearly they needed to find that girl a husband. Iris still didn't understand why no one else seemed to see this. Fleur flat out

I shall be delighted to see you again this evening." "Will you?" (chuckles) "How tart! Positively lemonish of you." "Lemonish; really.

Men are contrary creatures. Their heads and their hearts are never in agreement. And as women know all too well, their actions are usually governed by a different aspect altogether

Em toda vida ocorre um momento decisivo. Um instante tão extraordinário, tão claro e tão nítido que temos a sensação de havermos sido golpeados no peito, deixados sem fôlego, sabendo, sabendo, sem a menor sombra de dúvida, que nossa vida jamais será a mesma

You obviously take great pride in what you do," he said. "I thought you hated this position." "I do. But that doesn't mean that I will do less than my best. That would be unfair to Neville." "Neville is a brat." "Yes, but he deserves a good education.

Nigel Berbrooke?' He practically choked on the name. 'Yes, why?' 'The man has more hair than wit. A great deal more.' 'But he's going bald,' she couldn't resist pointing out. He grimaced, 'And if that doesn't prove my point, I don't know what will.

Men are mad.

You said you were going to struggle," he explained. "Yes, but what does that have to do—" "Remember when I said I was too old for this?" She nodded. "Well, 'this' includes a struggle.

The man she knew, the man she'd loved for so very long—she didn't know who he was anymore.

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.

You make yourself sound like a girl." "I rather feel like one right now, and I have to tell you, I don't like it." He shook his head. "I have new respect for all of them, putting up with us telling them what to do.

He still had dreams about it. Certainly not nightmares - it could not be worth the energy. But every month or so he woke up from one of those annoying visions where he was back at school (rather absurdly at his current age of eight-and-twenty). It was always of a similar nature. He looked down at his schedule and suddenly realized he'd forgotten to attend Latin class for an entire term. Or arrived for an exam without his trousers.

For the rest of my life," he vowed, "I will love you. For the rest of my life. I promise you. I will lay down my life for you. I will honor and cherish you. I will—" He was choking on the words, but he didn't care. He just wanted to tell her. He just wanted her to know.

Colín decidió en ese mismo momento que la mente femenina era uno de los órganos más extraños e incomprensibles que ningún hombre debería intentar entender

Puedo vivir con tu odio —dijo a la puerta cerrada—, pero no puedo vivir sin ti.

Who, the viscount?" Kate thought herself a saint for not shaking her sister senseless. "Yes, the viscount.

I was upstairs," she continued, "and it was stuffy, and hot. Only it wasn't hot, but it felt like it should be." It was the damnedest thing, but he understood.

You have to live each hour as if it's your last and each day as if you were immortal

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 happen to life, Eloise