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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 596c032 | 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." -- | Julia Quinn | ||
| 8a25e96 | The duke nudged his ball a bit forward from the rest of the pile. "You do realize," he said to no one in particular, "that I have never played Pall Mall before?" "Just give the ball a good whack in that direction, darling," Daphne said, pointing to the first wicket. "Isn't that the last wicket?" Anthony asked. "It's the first." "It to be the last." Daphne's jaw jutted out. "I set up the course, and it's the first." "I think this mig.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 057d06c | She didn't like to think she was so shallow that a mere dress could make her happy, but she had to concede that it gave her a new sense of self-confidence. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 52b226a | That's all he said?' Mrs. Royle demanded. 'He's not one for lengthy explanations,' Honoria said. 'Powerful men do not explain their actions,' Cecily announced dramatically. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 9752eb4 | Simon winced as the man fought for words. He didn't appear to be stuttering so much as emotionally overcome, but it was never pleasant when one couldn't get a sentence out. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 6efaf16 | You're mine," he said, his eyes never leaving hers as he slid inside. "You're mine." And much later, when they were exhausted and spent, lying in each other's arms, he brought his lips to her ear and whispered, "And I'm yours." | Julia Quinn | ||
| 7c5f8ce | There was nothing she valued more than a cool and clear head, and Michael had managed to steal that from her with a single kiss. And then he'd done more. So much more. She was never going to be the same. She was never going to be /sane/. 'You look distressed,' he said. She wanted to strangle him. He cocked his head and smiled. She wanted to kiss him. He held up the teapot. 'More?' God, yes, and that was the problem. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 906f293 | Stop! Stop!" Sophie shrieked with laughter as she ran down the stone steps that led to the garden behind Bridgerton House. After three children and seven years of marriage, Benedict could still make her smile, still make her laugh . . . and he still chased her around the house any chance he could get. "Where are the children?" she gasped, once he'd caught her at the base of the steps. "Francesca is watching them." "And your mother?" He.. | epilogue | Julia Quinn | |
| 85377c4 | It's too late," she whispered. He whirled her around. "Don't say that! We are no better than animals if we cannot learn from our mistakes and move forward." She lifted her chin. "It isn't that. I don't want to marry you anymore." And she didn't, she realized ... He paled and whispered, "You're just saying that." "I mean what I say, Robert. I don't want to marry you." "You're angry," he reasoned. "You're angry, and you want to hurt me, and y.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| cad08ee | Your talents are for pointing guns and removing necklaces off ladies' necks?' 'I charm the necklaces off their necks ... Kindly make the distinction.' 'Oh, please.' 'I charmed you.' She was all indignation. 'You did not.' 'Recall the night in question, Miss Eversleigh. The moonlight, the soft wind.' 'There was no wind.' 'You're spoiling my memory,' he growled. 'There was no wind,' she stated. 'You are romanticizing the encounter.' 'Can you .. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 6b8a089 | 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.' 'If I had actual gold stars,' Anne replied with a quirk of her brow, 'I shouldn't have to be your governess.' 'Touche,' Frances said admiringly. Anne gave her a wink. There was something rather satisfying about earning the regard of a ten-y.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 88b5769 | One of his brows lifted in a rather superior manner. "And you wouldn't classify your brothers as rakes?" "They only they are rakes," she corrected. "There is a considerable difference." Simon snorted. "If Anthony isn't a rake, I pity the woman who meets the man who is." -Simon & Daphne" | Julia Quinn | ||
| d3a9ddb | when Francesca had turned to him with those bottomless blue eyes and said, 'The baby was to have been yours in a way, too,' she'd shattered him to his very soul. She didn't know. She had no idea. And as long as she remained in the dark about his feelings for her, as long as she couldn't understand why he had no choice but to hate himself for every step he took in John's shoes, he couldn't be near her. Because she was going to keep saying th.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 4f6a95b | We're not doing maths again?' Harriet lamented. Lord Winstead looked at Anne with unconcealed curiosity. 'Mathematics? On Rotten Row?' 'We have been studying measurement,' she informed him. 'They have already measured the average length of their strides. Now they will count their steps and compute the length of the path.' 'Very nice,' he said approvingly. 'And it keeps them busy and quiet as they count.' 'You have not heard them count,' Ann.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 4903cce | He wasn't certain how this woman had come to mean so much to him. It seemed that one day she was a stranger, and the next she was as indispensable as air. And yet it hadn't happened in a blinding flash. It had been a slow, sneaky process, quietly coloring his emotions until he realized that without her, his life lacked all meaning. -Benedict's thoughts about Sophie | benedict benedicts-thoughts-about-sophie sophie | Julia Quinn | |
| 599bcf4 | the murderous look in his eyes made her legs turn to jelly. 'Don't,' he spat out, 'make the mistake of getting me angry.' 'You're not angry now?' she croaked in disbelief. He let her go abruptly and smiled, cocking a brow as she slid down into a crouch. 'Not at all,' he said smoothly. 'I merely wanted to set some ground rules.' Henry's mouth fell open. The man was insane. 'First of all, no more devious little plots to try to get rid of me.'.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 82e7612 | How dare you belittle me this way?' 'What the hell are you talking about?' 'I have never, not even once in my life, given my love to another man. And you throw it back in my face like a trifle.' 'You misunderstand me. It is because I value your love so highly that I do not accept it.' 'You don't accept it because you don't want to accept it. You're mired in misplaced guilt and self-pity. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 7f8b00a | You are so beautiful,' he whispered. She must have heard those words before, thousands of times, but he wanted her to hear them from *him*. | Julia Quinn | ||
| a3750ac | It is only that I am fascinated by the postal system. It's really quite marvelous. He looked at her curiously, and she couldn't tell if he believed her. Luckily for her, it was the truth, even if she'd said it to cover a lie ... 'I should like to follow a letter one day,' she said, 'just to see where it goes.' 'To the address on its front, I would imagine,' he said. She pressed her lips together to acknowledge his little gibe, then said, 'B.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 1104032 | It's just that I love you so much, and -' 'Belle, please.' 'Please what? Please don't tell you I love you? Please don't love you?' 'I can't accept it, Belle.' ... 'How can I possibly let myself continue to love a man who can never love me back?' 'But Belle,' he whispered. 'I do love you.' John wasn't certain how he expected her to respond, but it was certainly not in the manner she did. She stepped back as if hit ... 'No,' she finally gaspe.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 88e49f1 | Actually, I'm an excellent liar. But what I'm really good at is appearing appropriately sheepish and adorable after I'm caught. | Julia Quinn | ||
| f7bde90 | Buck up, man," Simon grunted, grabbing him by the collar. "This is getting embarrassing." He turned to Daphne. "I'm going to have to take him outside now. We can't leave him here in the hall. He's liable to start moaning like a sickened cow--" "I rather thought he'd already started," Daphne said. Simon felt one corner of his mouth twist up in a reluctant smile." | Julia Quinn | ||
| 0a6de52 | Her eyes were oceans, two oceans of - Good God, he thought disgustedly. No wonder his sister hated her. He'd been in her presence for less than a minute, and already he'd gone completely stupid. | Julia Quinn | ||
| c67c537 | He knew her, he realized. He truly knew her. Not just the usual things. In fact, he didn't know the usual things. He did not know her favorite color. Nor cold he guess her favorite animal or food. But somehow it didn't matter if he didn't knw if she preferred pink or blue or purple or black. He knew her heart. He wanted her heart. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 77eda63 | This is none of your concern,' his uncle spat. 'I beg to differ,' Sebastian said quietly. 'A lady in distress is always my concern. | Julia Quinn | ||
| e06ef36 | if one read [Lady Whistledown's Society Papers] often enough, one could almost feel a part of London society without actually attending any balls. | Julia Quinn | ||
| a0f203f | She looked so unbearably sad, and it wrecked him. "You love someone else," she whispered. Wait.... what? It took him a moment to realize he hasn't said it aloud. Has she gone mad? "What are you talking about?" "Billie Bridgerton. You're supposed to marry her. I don't think you remember, bu--" "I'm not in love with Billie," he interrupted" | Julia Quinn | ||
| f58d3ea | It occurred to him that perhaps he ought not to have married a woman with such extraordinary eyes. | Julia Quinn | ||
| af0f6e6 | I did what I thought was best.' "And so you kidnapped me,' she said bitterly. 'If you recall I offered you the option of residing with my relatives. You refused.' 'I want to be independent.' 'One doesn't have to be alone to be independent.' Victoria couldn't think of a suitable rebuttal to that statement, so she remained silent. 'When I marry you,' Robert said softly, 'I want it to be a partnership in every sense of the word. I want to con.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 2abba58 | It's far easier to shut yourself off from people than to love them. If you keep your heart surrounded by strong walls, no one can get close enough to you to break it. | romance | Julia Quinn | |
| 92b82d6 | 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 to keep your feelings inside, but you just weren't strong enough. | Julia Quinn | ||
| cc8e2eb | I just wasn't able to say it before now.' He blinked. 'You needed to knee a man in the groin before you could tell me you loved me?' 'No!' Then she thought about his words. 'Well, yes, in a way. I've always been so fearful that you would run my life. But I've learned that having you with me doesn't mean that I can't take care of myself as well.' 'You certainly made short work of Eversleigh.' Her chin lifted a notch and she allowed herself a.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| e063263 | Colin leaned forward. "I really did not want to leave my wife." | Julia Quinn | ||
| 5d685f9 | Colin was still working on his food, having somehow managed to charm the servants into bringing him a bowl of soup. He'd set down his spoon, though, and was presently examining his other hand, idly flexing each finger in turn, murmuring a word as each pointed out toward Phillip. "Miss. My. Wife." "Bloody hell," Phillip finally burst out. "If you're going to break my legs, would you just go ahead and do it now?" | Julia Quinn | ||
| 1f38017 | They just don't know you,' Penelope said, patting her on the hand. 'And they don't know *you*, either,' Lady Danbury quite pointedly replied ... 'I'd say it was their loss ... Not [a loss] to them, but to you, because as often as I call them fools ... some of them are actually rather decent people, and it's a crime they haven't gotten to know you. | Julia Quinn | ||
| ab785f6 | I always loved everything about you, of course, but for some reason I always found your impatience especially charming. It was never because you wanted more, it was because you wanted everything. | Julia Quinn | ||
| bf92114 | Why waste romance on a love that would never be returned? | Julia Quinn | ||
| 863e164 | you seemed far too familiar with violence. It was too easy for you. The way you drew your gun ... You'd had far too much experience with it." He leaned forward, his eyes burning into hers. "What I felt in that moment was far from familiar. It was rage, Elizabeth, pure and primitive, and quite unlike anything that's ever before coursed through my veins." | Julia Quinn | ||
| 846d57c | Francesca nao precisava ama-lo. Mas tinha de se sentir livre. Livre para ser feliz. Porque se nao estivesse feliz... Bem, 'isso' o mataria. Podia viver sem o seu amor, mas nao sem a sua felicidade. | francesca-kilmartin-bridgerton julia-quinn love michael-stirling o-conde-enfeitiçado when-he-was-wicked | Julia Quinn | |
| 6b10738 | Like all things in the universe, we are destined from birth to diverge. Time is simply the yardstick of our separation. If we are particles in a sea of distance, exploded from an original whole, then there is a science to our solitude. We are lonely in proportion to our years. | science time | Ian Caldwell Dustin Thomason | |
| a1370e4 | The painting showed she did not yet know that lives end abruptly, that much of living is repetition and separation, that buttons forever need re-sewing no matter how ferociously one works the thread, that nice things almost happen. | Susan Vreeland | ||
| 952965e | No one but another painter could know the delicacy required to balance the complexities, to keep reality at bay in order to remain in the innermost center of his work. | focus obsession | Susan Vreeland | |
| 9d6dcb5 | Now he knew . . . that there was nothing so vital as paying attention, and perfecting the humble offices of love. | Susan Vreeland | ||
| 95d5983 | If you want to preach, young man, you ought to wear some kind of clerical costume so people would be warned. In my mind, there are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them. I hate le miserabilisme. I'm in the shining business, not the darkening business. | Susan Vreeland |