Julia Quinn: Trending quotes (page 2)

“Anthony looked down at his evil clutches -- hands, he reminded himself, hands -- and grinned anew.”

“In three days," he continued, "I will be your husband. I will take a solemn vow to protect you until death do us part. Do you understand what that means?"
"You'll save me from marauding minotaurs?”

“There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not Lust After Thy Friend's Sister.”

“Sometimes Hen… I think I would give my life just for one of your smiles.”

“Caroline, do you value your neck?"
"Yes, I'm rather fond of it. Why?"
"Because if you don't shut up, I'm going to wring it.”

“Men. The day they learned to admit to a mistake was the day they became women.”

“Do I look like a mess?” she asked.
He nodded. “But you’re my mess,” he whispered.”

“I have to tell you it was the first time even after all these years of expecting my own death that i truly knew what it meant to die because with you gone there was nothing left for me to live for.”

“In her heart she longed for this man, dreamed of a life that could never be.”

“My mother is convinced that yellow is a happy color and that a happy girl would get a husband.

-Penelope Featherington”

“Love is blind,” Harriet quipped.

“But not illiterate,” Elizabeth retorted.”

“He wondered if she'd mind if he threw her down on the blanket and tore off her clothing. (..) She looked heartbreakingly innocent. Alex sighed. She'd probably mind.”

“She tried to remind herself that beauty was only skin deep, but that didn't offer any helpful excuses when she was berating herself for never knowing what to say to people. There was nothing more depressing than an ugly girl with no personality.”

“Weakness never got anyone anywhere.”

“Tell me something wicked.”

“If one didn't have love, was it better, then, to be alone?”

“No. Haven’t you been listening?”

Marcus would always remember that moment. It was to be the first time he would ever be faced with that most vexing of female quirks: the question that had nothing but wrong answers.”

“Francesca: It's still a bit cold yet.
Michael: Never stopped John and me.
Francesca: Yes, well, you're Scottish. Your blood circulates quite well half frozen.”

“A duel, a duel, a duel. Is there anything more exciting, more romantic… or more utterly moronic?”