“ It's the exile's dilemma. The home they yearn for is never the home to which they return. If they return. Lauren Willig
“ They were close enough that he could feel the hurried beat of her heart. He could feel Charlotte's indecision in every word she didn't say and every move she didn't make. She was tense with uncertaint… Lauren Willig
“ Jack was not feeling warm and filial sentiments towards his new stepmother. What was she meant to do, deliver me trussed and bound onto the ship?Wouldn’t that be a bit gratuitous? Everyone turned to l… Lauren Willig
“ I’m not your gilded prince with the gilded chairs, Letty, Geoff said simply. I couldn’t be if I tried.I wouldn’t want you to be. Letty’s voice felt rusty. I’m not particularly bold or dashing or heroi… Lauren Willig
“ He just didn’t want to share him with anyone. Ever. She wanted to be the person his eyes sought out in a crowded ballroom, the person he nudged when he had a really smashing joke he just had to tell,… Lauren Willig
“ Turning to Turnip, Miss Dempsey said, 'Do you think?'. 'As little as I can,' Turnip replied honestly. Lauren Willig
“ In flawless and very aristocratic French, Jane said, Tell Monsieur le Comte de Brillac that he has a guest.Er . . . It was clear the guard didn’t know what to make of her. Do you have papers?Yes. In a… Lauren Willig
“ I'm not sure intentions make much difference in the end. I hear the road to hell is paved with them. She meant it frivolously, but Olivia answered seriously, Yes, but one does have to live with one's… Lauren Willig
“ For a long moment, he held her gaze without speaking, simply letting the impact of words sink in, before adding rapidly, as though he wished to get it over with as quickly as possible, I won't deny th… Lauren Willig
“ Even Sally wound't want to cross fans with the Dowager Duchess of Dovedale. The woman had a tongue of steel and drank the blood of young virgins for breakfast. Lauren Willig
“ But that initial, comet-blazing-across-the-sky, Big Idea is only the beginning. Each book is composed of a mosaic of thousands of little ideas, ideas that invariably come to me at two in the morning w… Lauren Willig
“ There is no friend like a sister / In calm or stormy weather; / To cheer one on the tedious way, / To fetch one if one goes astray, / To lift one if one totters down, / To strengthen whilst one stands… Lauren Willig
“ When they arrived at Parva Magna, everyone agreed that it was quite a good thing thatthe newly married couple had managed to find shelter in the storm, although there was someconfusion as to why it ha… Lauren Willig
“ Unfortunately, I knew exactly what I was suffering from. LIPID (Last Idiot Person I Dated) syndrome: a largely undiagnosed but pervasive disease that afflicts single women. My roommates and I had come… Lauren Willig
“ This was Hist and Lit, after all. If you couldn't work the term liminal into your tutorial, you were doing it wrong. Lauren Willig
