Quotes from Julia London

to contradict him. "You know how she is

and a cat who apparently wished him dead

All you need in life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure… MARK TWAIN

Would you like to join your sister and the others? Or would you like a reprieve from the crowd?... Thank you, but I don't need a reprieve from my duty and I never will. There's a boast that's likely to come back like a bad cold.

hear the storm raging, could still see

You have no' answered my question. Do you want a husband who requires praise at every turn? And once he's grown accustomed to extracting that from you, what will be next? To sit on your throne? To take your meetings with ministers?

Ye Must Take Me For A Featherbrain - Mared Lockhart

had much luck, and she was down to the last one: a pale-green silk dress with a vine of tiny embroidered pink roses meandering around the bodice

Rescue my shipwrecked heart. Come

As for my writing process, there is one truth I have discovered after writing some twenty-plus books: Not every book is the same, but the middle of every book is where I really begin to question my choice of vocations. The beginning and end is usually fairly clear to me, but that middle just sucks the life right out of me.

I find that I am much slower in the beginning of a book. I am thinking of the plot, of the characters and who they are, and where they are going. I often throw out a lot of the writing I start with, because the characters and plot improve as I write. Or perhaps I should say it is my hope they will improve as I write.

There are few places in my life that I've found more ruggedly beautiful than the Highlands of Scotland. The place is magical - it's so far north, so remote, that sometimes it feels like you've left this world and gone to another.

It generally takes me about nine months from the point the book is conceived to the point my editor sends it off to be typeset.

I loved creating a series about the four Cabot sisters, who were not content to let their destinies be dictated to them. In 'The Trouble With Honor,' this desire became especially urgent when the sisters were faced with the prospect of losing their place in society. Eldest sister Honor led the charge. They were undaunted!