Judith McNaught

“What is it about you that demolishes my mind?”

— Judith McNaught

Reformed rakes often make the best husbands

— Judith McNaught

“Miss stone, I adore you.”

— Judith McNaught

“there is the door,use it…”

— Judith McNaught

Nor is he man enough to make a woman of you.

— Judith McNaught

He will love only once - but it will be for always.

— Judith McNaught

Missing you? I could cheerfully murder you.

— Judith McNaught

“Christmas came three days ago.”

— Judith McNaught

“Fate had already done everything it could to torment her.”

— Judith McNaught

Whitney: Where is your home? Clayton: Wherever you are.

— Judith McNaught

It would have hurt no matter who took you the first time.

— Judith McNaught

Why is it when you yield, I feel like the one who has been conquered?" -Royce Westmoreland

— Judith McNaught

Whitney: You black-hearted, treacherous, conniving scoundrel. Clayton: Your flattery warms my heart

— Judith McNaught

Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else.

— Judith McNaught

Love can't be forced into existence,(...)It won't come simply because you will it to happen

— Judith McNaught

“I wanted you to have the best pears in New York and I wanted to be the man to buy them for…

— Judith McNaught

“Consider what an amoral, unprincipled cynicI am-think of all the improvements you could make to my character.”

— Judith McNaught

How am I doing so far?" she asked, forcing a cheerful lightness into her voice. "You're doing very well," Nick's lazy voice…

— Judith McNaught

“In fact, the only rash, ill-advised thing of any import he’d done in recent years was his behavior the weekend he’d met…

— Judith McNaught

“For himself Ian would have calmly and unhesitatingly told society to go to hell, but they'd already put Elizabeth through hell, and…

— Judith McNaught

Royce's eyes narrowed in discouragement at the thoght of having to sing to jenny. his deep bariton voice would surely bring every…

— Judith McNaught

Some people feel love in their hearts, Julie. Some of us feel it all way into our souls. We're the ones who…

— Judith McNaught

“Then based on her own recent experience, the Divine Presence had a cruelly perverse sense of humor and His Grand Plan needed…

— Judith McNaught

God help him." He chortled. "He doesn't realize he loves her. And even if he did, he wouldn't admitted it." -Dr. Whitticomb

— Judith McNaught

“Maybe I ought to do exactly what I told Nick I was going to do and pursue you myself." Lauren smiled. "I…

— Judith McNaught

Elizabeth’s entire body started to tremble as his lips began descending to hers. and she sought to forestall what her heart knew…

— Judith McNaught

“It is my custom to have sherry in the drawing room at eight-thirty and supper at nine. In future, please join me…

— Judith McNaught

“You are mad!" she snapped, her chest heaving. "And you are a devil!" "And you, my dear," Royce imperturbably replied, "are a…

— Judith McNaught

Was it me you were discussing?” he countered with lifted brows. “I couldn’t tell from the description you were giving. Since when…

— Judith McNaught

“No longer was she an heiress from another world; she was the woman he had wanted to possess the moment he saw…

— Judith McNaught

“In the middle of his rapid-fire dictatioin he said softly, without pausing, "When the sun is on your hair, it shines like…

— Judith McNaught

“Lau­ren," he began gravely, "I would like four daugh­ters with wob­bly blue eyes and stu­dious horn-rimmed glasses on their lit­tle noses. Also,…

— Judith McNaught

“Royce understood then why she had come: she had come to finish the task her relatives had begun; to do to him…

— Judith McNaught

“In the weeks that followed, Elizabeth discovered to her pleasure that she could ask Ian any question about any subject and that…

— Judith McNaught

“The rock came loose, but Jake’s satisfied grunt turned into a howl of outraged pain as a set of huge teeth in…

— Judith McNaught

“Lauren was still studying the mobile line of his lips when they quirked suddenly, as if amusement was lurking tere.Her gaze shot…

— Judith McNaught

“Standing at the window overlooking the lawn, Jordan and Alexandra Townsende watched the couple heading toward them. “If you’d asked me to…

— Judith McNaught

“Ian’s method of dealing with Sir Francis Belhaven—who, his grandfather had discovered, was boasting that Elizabeth had spent several days with him—was…

— Judith McNaught

“Despite her grave concern over her uncle, Elizabeth chuckled inwardly as she introduced Duncan. Everyone exhibited the same stunned reaction she had…

— Judith McNaught

“It was dusk when Ian returned, and the house seemed unnaturally quiet. His uncle was sitting near the fire, watching him with…

— Judith McNaught