Julia Quinn Quotes

Of course none of those men was suitable. Half were after your fortune, and as for the other half—well, you would have reduced them to tears within a month.Such tenderness for your youngest child, Hya...

One of us should save her, Benedict mused. Nah, Colin said, grinning. Mother’s only had her over there with Macclesfield for ten minutes. Macclesfield? Simon asked. The earl, Benedict replied. Castlef...

One would think her tired mind would go utterly blank, but the opposite was true. She could not stop thinking about the highwayman. And his kiss. And his identity. And his kiss. And if she would meet...

Shall we play youngest to oldest? Colin suggested, with a gallant bow in Edwina’s direction. She shook her head. I should rather go last, so that I might have a chance to observe the play of those mor...

She didn‟t like to be thwarted, and she certainly did not enjoy admitting that she might not be able to arrange her world—and the people inhabiting it—to her satisfaction.

She wandered over to the enclosed range, a rather modern-looking contraption that Cook had purchased earlier in the year. Do you know how to work this? she asked.No idea. You?Daphne shook her head. No...

She was married now, and suddenly she understoodwhat it was her motherhad been trying so hard to tell her on her wedding night. Marriage was about compromise, and she andPhillip were verydifferent peo...

She was swaying slightly from side to side, and he could see her shoulders rise and fall with each shuddering breath.He knew that sort of breath. It was the one you drew when you were trying so hard t...

Tell me something wicked.

This Author has come to the conclusion that there are rakes, and there are Rakes.Anthony Bridgerton is a Rake.A rake (lower-case) is youthful and immature. He flaunts his exploits, behaves with utmost...

Tonight, he whispered, his voice hoarse and hot in her ear, I will make you mine.-Simon to Daphne

We cannot accept this sort of money from a stranger.''Maybe it's not a stranger,' Susan said.'Then that's even worse!' Elizabeth retorted. 'My God, can you imagine? Some horrid person treating us like...

What can I do for you, Mother? he asked. And don't say 'Dance with Hermione Smythe-Smith.' Last time I did that I nearly lost three toes in the process.I wasn't going to ask anything of the sort, Viol...

Why didn't you just let me run home? she asked.I wanted you here, he said simply.But why? she persisted.He shrugged. I don't know.Punishment, perhaps, for spying on me.I wasn't- Sophie's denial was au...

You don’t know, Anthony said, his voice low and nearly shaking with rage. You don’t know what he has done. No more than what you have done, I’m sure, Violet said slyly. Precisely! Anthony roared. Good...

You don’t want to do this, Miss Sheffield, he warned. Oh, she said with great feeling, I . I really, really do. And then, with quite the most evil grin her lips had ever formed, she drew back her mall...

You shouldn’t think of me as your responsibility, she finally said. He gave her a rather superior glance. I told you I would find you a new position. But— What could there possibly be to discuss? Noth...

You're twisting my words.I think you are doing a fine job of twisting them yourself.

Your upbringing must have been the complete opposite of lonely, she said, with so many brothers and sisters about. You know who I am, he stated. She nodded. I didn’t at first. He walked over to the ba...

You’re trying to punish me, she said, because I refused you. No, he said slowly, considering her words even as he answered. No, I’m not. I’d like to punish you, and in my current state of mind I’d eve...