Julia Quinn Quotes

Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet.

Their fathers had been twins, but John‟s had entered the world seven minutes before Michael‟s.The most critical seven minutes in Michael Stirling‟s life, and he hadn‟t even been alive for them.

This was killing her. She had to break the silence. This was not natural. It was too awful. People were meant to talk.

She’s rather desperate to marry the lot of you off, isn’t she? All I know, Anthony said with a shrug, is that my mother invited so many eligible women last time that she had to go down to the vicar’s...

Point it out, she muttered.

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

He just wanted to see it. From afar. To see what might have been, what he was glad hadn't been. But maybe should have been.

And he stopped going to church entirely, because there seemed no point now in even contemplating prayer for his soul. Besides, the parish church near Kilmartin dated to 1432, and the crumbling stones...

You have a minute and a half left.Fine, she snapped. Then I'll reduce this conversation to one single fact. Today I had six callers. Six! Can you recall the last time I had six callers?Anthony just st...

Listen to me, Iris said again. If we attempt this piece, we willbe massacred.By whom? Daisy asked.Iris just looked at her, completely unable to articulate a reply.By the music, Sarah put in.Oh, you’ve...

You should thank your lucky stars that you have them, Sophie said, her voice more forceful than it had been all afternoon. I’d give anything for— But she didn’t finish her sentence. You’d give anythin...

This letter is for both of you. I am so glad you have each other. The world is a kinder place when one's burdens can be shared.

She’d once read a poem that said the unexpected moment was always sweeter.

She could not bear the thought. She simply could not bear the thought that she might somehow prove to her grandfather that her mother had indeed been a fool and her father had been a damned fool and t...

You're charm can be terrifying.I suppose if you put it that way I cannot help but be complimented.

You did make a few odd noises when we rounded the corner on the second landing, but no, you were most definitely unconscious. Odd noises? Belle's expression turned sheepish. Well, actually it might...

This thing between them, this bond—it wasn’t just passion,and it wasn’t wicked.It was love, and it was divine.

I'm right here,' Frances said gamely.'So you are,' Annie replied. 'Gold star for you.''It's really too bad that you don't have *actual* gold stars. I shouldn't have to pinch up my pin money each week....

Oranges and unicorns say the bells of St. . . . She looked to Harriet for inspiration.Clunicorns?Somehow I don’t think so.Moonicorns.Sarah cocked her head to the side. Better, she judged.Spoonicorns?...

With an admittedly goofy spring in his step, he made his way across the main hall to the breakfast room, pausing only to peek through the sitting room at the large window, which some enterprising foot...