Quotes from Julia Quinn

The trip to Ireland...' her father was saying. 'Is to determine his legitimacy,' Wyndham confirmed. And then, with a morbidly jolly expression, he continued, 'It's going to be quite a party. Even my grandmother is going.

It was never because you wanted more, it was because you wanted everything.

Wyndham was a bore, in his humble opinion, but everything he did, every last decision and action - they were for others. It was all for Wyndham - the heritage, not the person. It was impossible not to respect such a man. But this was different. The duke wasn't standing up for his people, he was standing up for one person. It was a far more difficult thing to do.

They did not want stupid. They wanted you.

Hay más en ti de lo que ven los ojos

He shook his head, slowly rising to his feet. He had the oddest desire to kiss her. It wasn't odd that he wanted to kiss her in and of itself. He always wanted to kiss her. What was odd was the intensity of the need. It was almost as if he positively, definitively knew that if he didn't kiss her that very minute, his life would be forever changed, and not for the better. He had to kiss her.

they wouldn't understand. Not the Bridgertons, who only knew that family was good and kind and true. They didn't know anything about cruel words and shattered dreams. They didn't know the impossible feeling of rejection.

I love you," he said, his voice low and fervent. "I love you with everything I am, everything I've been, and everything I hope to be.

I find her stories quite diverting," Iris admitted. It was true. They were not terribly well written, but there was something about them that was impossible to put down.

They had that air about them - five hundred years of breeding and a membership to White's.

I love you with my past, and I love you for my future.

He was lost. There was something heartbreaking in the way she was gazing at him, as if she might die if he didn't kiss her. Not from heartbreak, not from embarrassment—it was almost as if she needed him for nourishment, to feed her soul, to fill her heart.

Any man who is your equal is not going to allow you to manage him as you see fit.

The mere thought of trying to attract a suitor was exhausting.

He was, he realized, comforted by her presence. They didn't need to talk. They didn't even need to touch (although he wasn't about to let go just then). Simply put, he was a happier man— and quite possibly a better man— when she was near.

My sisters call him Slinky Simon.' Alec chuckled. 'It's only funny if he's not your cousin.' 'It's funny because it's true.

It was funny, he reflected later, how one's life could alter in an instant, how one minute everything could be a certain way, and the next it's simply ... not.

We shall be leaders of crone fashion!" "Arbiters of cronish taste.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained." "Yes, but it is a wise man who understands his limits.

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How dare you," she breathed. "How dare you." Charles lifted one shoulder in an insolent shrug. "It was either kiss you or kill you. I thought I made the right choice." He strode to the connecting door and put his hand on the knob. "Don't prove me wrong.

I think the human heart must be stronger than we could ever imagine.

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Arthur Henry Fitzranulph Basset, el niño con más nombres de los que cualquier niño pudiera necesitar, era el heredero de uno de los ducados más antiguos y ricos de Inglaterra.