“ Old books exert a strange fascination for me -- their smell, their feel, their history; wondering who might have owned them, how they lived, what they felt. Lauren Willig
“ It is a truth universally acknowledged that one only comes up with clever, cutting remarks long after the other party is happily slumbering away. Lauren Willig
“ Of course, they don't like him! Liking is for ninny-hammers. Real men elicit rancor. Pausing for a moment of deep consideration, she added, Loathing, even. But never liking. Hatred, perhaps? suggested… Lauren Willig
“ You were wrong, he murmured ruefully, resting his cheek on top of Amy’s head. You weren’t safe with me.I feel like Psyche kissing Cupid in the dark, Amy said dreamily.Richard drew Amy’s arms around hi… Lauren Willig
“ The use of charm as a tool made her hackles rise. She respected a more direct approach. A battering ram approach. At least one knew where one stood with the battering ram, none of this butter-wouldn't… Lauren Willig
“ My own inclination is to skew towards humor. They say that some people view life as a comedy, others as a tragedy. Me? Comedy all the way. Lauren Willig
“ Word of advice, sister mine. If you want to keep your papers private, don't write 'Private' on the cover. It set the mater right off. It was all I could do to stop her sniffing around like some great… Lauren Willig
“ She could only hold on to her husband with both hands and promise herself that the best way to keep someone was to let him go. Lauren Willig
“ I don't believe anything's really inevitable until it happens. We just call it inevitable to make ourselves feel better about it, to excuse ourselves for not having done anything. Lauren Willig
“ When you think about it, everything has been said before, in one way or another. It's only our experience of it that makes it new. Lauren Willig
“ Miles was still mourning the loss of his Romantic Plan. 'There was going to be champagne, and oysters, and you' -- he held out both hands as though shifting a piece of furniture -- 'were going to be s… Lauren Willig
“ If, said Jane, ignoring him as only Jane dared, someone were to speak to her; if someone were to suggest . . . Ah. Vaughn's lips compressed, as the whole fiasco suddenly fell into place. That's what y… Lauren Willig
“ Sensing another maternal oration coming on, one of those I-bore-you-and-thus-know-what’s-best-for-you lectures, Richard made a pointed move towards the door. ‘If that’s all for the moment, Mother, I r… Lauren Willig
“ Hard to believe that so nearby, just across the Channel, such atrocities could still occur in their supposedly civilized world, that one could wake up one morning and find oneself bereft of brothers,… Lauren Willig
“ Say what you will about Queen Eleanor, she was a savvy, quick-witted woman who made her mark on history. And as the founder of the Courts of Love, what better patron monarch could there be for a roman… Lauren Willig
