Quotes from Julia Quinn

You might wish to revisit your understanding of the word everything." Gregory turned to his mother. "Vocabulary and comprehension were never her strong suits." Violet rolled her eyes. "Every day I marvel that the two of you managed to reach adulthood." "Afraid we'd kill each other?" Gregory quipped. "No, that I'd do the job myself.

Daniel held himself very still, waiting for the wave of jealousy that never came. He was furious with the man who'd taken advantage of her innocence, but he did not feel jealous. He did not need to be her first, he realized. He simply needed to be her last. Her only.

There are moments in a woman's life when her heart flips in her chest, when the world suddenly seems uncommonly pink and perfect, when a symphony can be heard in the tinkle of a doorbell.

It's a curse, really," Lady Danbury said. "I'm the only person I know my age who has perfect hearing." "Most would call that a blessing." She snorted. "Not with that musicale looming over the horizon.

He would not give her up,he could not.For the first time in his life he'd found someone who filled all the empty spaces in his heart

There were a lot of things in life to be afraid of, but strangeness ought not be among them.

And what renders him so unmarriageable?" Eloise asked. Francesca leveled a serious stare at her older sister. Eloise was mad if she thought she should set her cap for Michael. "Well?" Eloise prodded. "He could never remain faithful to one woman," Francesca said, "and I doubt you'd be willing to put up with infidelities." "No," Eloise murmured, "not unless he'd be willing to put up with severe bodily injury.

I don't know whether to toss you through that window or shake your hand and say 'Well done'" Henry said in a tired voice.

He sucked his lips in an attempt not to laugh. "Aren't you Spanish?" She raised one arm in a salute. "Viva la Queen Isabella!" "I see. Then why are you speaking with a French accent?

People will think you're courting me.' 'Nonsense, everyone knows I don't court respectable women.

And she never knew that he laid awake the whole time, his lips at her temple, his hand against her hair. Whispering her name. Whispering other words as well.

What?" "You're so neat," she said, looking almost embarrassed. He glanced pointedly over his shoulder. "There are four hundred on the other side of this door." "But you're ruining me." "I can't do it neatly?

He'd tried so hard to convince himself that it didn't matter if she loved him, that having her as his wife was enough. But now… Now that she'd said it, now that he knew, now that his heart had soared, he knew better. This was heaven. This was bliss. This was something he'd never dared hope to feel, something he never could have dreamed existed. This was love. --(Michael)

I vow to spend the rest of my life keeping your hands and feet warm.

Something she knew she did not have the right to ask him about. But she wished—oh, how she wished—that when he was ready to face his fears, she could be the one to help him.

He'd been waiting for a love fraught with passion and drama; it hadn't even occurred to him that true love might be something that was utterly comfortable and just plain easy.

She was petite, small in that way that made a man want to slay dragons.

Nonetheless, I can't help but be flattered that you noticed the latest addition to my collection," he said. She rolled her eyes. "Because personal injuries are such a dignified thing to collect." "Are all governesses so sarcastic?

It was juvenile, he knew, this need to assign blame, but everyone had a right to childish emotions from time to time, didn't they?

Maybe this, then, was the definition of love. When you wanted someone, needed her, adored her still, even when you were utterly furious and quite ready to tie her to the bed just to keep her from going out and making more trouble. This

He was no fool; he knew that love existed. But he also believed in the power of the mind, and perhaps even more importantly, the power of the will. Frankly, he saw no reason why love should be an involuntary thing. If he didn't want to fall in love, then by damn, he wasn't going to. It was as simple as that. Ithad to be as simple as that.

You do realize, Kilmartin,' Colin said, his voice so soft it was almost chilling, 'that there is no reason you can't marry her. None at all. Except, of course,' he added, almost as an afterthought, 'the reasons you manufacture for yourself.

She glared at him. "I'm not asking you to apologize." "Well, that's a relief.I doubt I could find the words.

Love your siblings. Love them well, for they are your blood, and when you are unsure,or times are difficult, they will be the ones to stand by your side.