Quotes from Julia Quinn

Porque te quiero, maldita sea. Porque siempre te he amado. Porque te amaba cuando estabas con John, te amaba cuando yo estaba en la India, y aunque Dios sabe que no te merezco, te amo de todos modos". - Michael Stirling.

Te pido que te cases conmigo porque te amo, porque no puedo imaginarme la vida sin ti. Deseo ver tu cara por la mañana, por la noche y cien veces entre medio. Deseo envejecer contigo, deseo reír contigo, y deseo suspirar ante mis amigos quejándome de lo mandona que eres, sabiendo secretamente que soy el hombre más afortunado de la ciudad". - Gareth St. Clair.

My mother often says that it is the mark of a truly good person if she is happy for those she has never met.

Harry felt himself pause, the sort of annoyed, over-played cessation of movement one did when one is being ordered about.

It's the quiet ones like you who are the most dangerous and cunning." "Me?" Elizabeth asked in disbelief. "I'm not the least bit quiet." "Perhaps not, but you do choose your words carefully." "Well, yes," she said with an unconscious tilt of her head. "I'm clumsy enough in body without tossing my mouth into the mixture.

Richard saw red. "Do not speak to her in that tone of voice." "How do mean, like she's family?

He let out a grim laugh. Nothing could have been further from the truth. God only knew how long it was going to take for his traitorous body to settle down enough to escort her to supper. Oh yes, that would be genteel. Here, take my arm, but do ignore my raging erection. Someone really needed to invent a better pair of breeches.

La satisfacción se convirtió en algo más intenso: felicidad. Felicidad porque había sido ella la que había borrado las sombras de sus ojos. Quería disiparlas para siempre.

Tienes que vivir cada hora como si fuera la última —dijo Kate— y cada día como si fueras inmortal.

Edwina probably wouldn"t notice if her bed caught on fire while she was reading a book.

Eu te amo - disse ele, a voz enfim mais alta que um suspiro. Ele se virou, o coração, a própria alma nos olhos. - Eu te amo.

Ella avanzó un paso y en ese instante él supo que su vida había cambiado para siempre.

Every last Featherington, current and former, was there, along with assorted spouses and even a cat.

Finally, she heard Simon take a long, ragged breath, and say, "I know I'm going to regret asking you this. In fact, I regret it already, but why exactly did you assume I was"—

There is nothing like a spot of competition to bring out the worst in a man—or the best in a woman.

The captain said that crossing from Liverpool to Dublin is often more difficult than the entire passage from the West Indies to England.

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

Mrs. Stubbs let out a grumble and muttered, "It's very cold." "Of course it is," Ellie replied. "It's ice.

Do young ladies still need permission to waltz?" Daphne found herself smiling at his discomfort. "How long have you been away?" "Five years. Do they?" "Yes." "Do you have it?" He looked almost pained at the prospect of his escape plan falling apart. "Of course.

But I never did, because it never seemed right, and I didn't want to settle for anything less than what my brothers and sister have.

malapropism

It's never too early for tea," Andrew declared. "Not if your cook has been making shortbread." He turned to George. "I don't know what she puts in it, but it's divine." "Butter," Billie said absently. "Quite a lot of it." Andrew cocked his head to the side. "Well, that makes sense. Everything tastes better with quite a lot of butter.

La verdad era que algunas cosas dolían demasiado. Y había algunas heridas que no cicatrizaban, ni siquiera en diez años.

That much was also true. Edwina probably wouldn"t notice if her bed caught on fire while she was reading a book.