Julia Quinn: Trending quotes

“A man with charm is an entertaining thing, and a man with looks is, ofcourse, a sight to behold, but a man with honor - ah, he is the one, dear reader, to which young ladies should flock.”

“She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years.”

“You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending.”

“She had been born for this man, and she had spent so many years trying to accept the fact that he had been born for someone else…”

“I can imagine no greater bliss than to lie about, reading novels all day.”

“Happy endings are all I can do. I wouldn't know how to write anything else.”

“It's only through sheer force and luck that she's yet to take over the world.”

“You have to live each hour as if it's your last and each day as if you were immortal. - Kate Sheffield”

“James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?"
Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.”

“Men are sheep. Where one goes, the rest will soon follow.

-Lady Whistledown”

“To say that men can be bullheaded would be insulting to the bull.”

“I can't imagine a romance novel published today where the hero rapes the heroine and she falls in love with him.”

“Suddenly it was too hard to be in his presence, too painful to know that he would belong to someone else.”

“She'd met Colin on a Monday.
She'd kissed him on a Friday.
Twelve years later.
She sighed. It seemed fairly pathetic.”

“Before she knew what she was about, she was jumping about like a crazy woman, yelling, “Yes! Yes! I win!”

“You don’t win,” Anthony snapped.

“Oh, it feels like I’ve won,” she reveled.”

“You don't always have to kiss a lot of frogs to recognize a prince when you find one

-Henrietta Barett”

“And if you say that's because you lot barged into her home like a herd of mentally deficient sheep, I'm disowning all three of you.”

“I’m not certain you’d know the right sort of man for you if he arrived on our doorstep riding an elephant.”
“I would think the elephant would be a fairly good indication that I ought to look elsewhere.”

“Anthony sneezed and pushed them aside. "Mother, I am trying to have a conversation with the duke."

Violet looked at Simon. "Do you want to have this conversation with my son?"

"Not particularly."

"Fine, then. Anthony, be quiet.”