Julia Quinn

Every unmarried man is looking for a wife. They just don't always know it.

— Julia Quinn

It's just that I don't think friends tie friends to the bedpost." James choked on his tea. "Caroline, you have no idea.

— Julia Quinn

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

— Julia Quinn

“Watch over Honoria, will you? See she doesn't marry an idiot. (Daniel Smythe-Smith)”

— Julia Quinn

“People saw what they expected to see. It was one of the basic truisms of life.”

— Julia Quinn

“My sisters call him Slinky Simon.' Alec chuckled. 'It's only funny if he's not your cousin.' 'It's funny because it's true.”

— Julia Quinn

“How in the hell am I supposed to watch my back if I have no idea what I'm watching for?”

— Julia Quinn

“she was looking at him as if he'd just dropped fully formed from the sky.”

— Julia Quinn

“It's good that you can be horrid when neccesary. It's a useful skill." She leaned on her elbow, settling her chin onto…

— Julia Quinn

“The trip to Ireland...' her father was saying. 'Is to determine his legitimacy,' Wyndham confirmed. And then, with a morbidly jolly expression,…

— Julia Quinn

“He always smelled like warm wood and brandy, even when he hadn't had a drop of drink. Funny how he managed that.…

— Julia Quinn

He wondered if she'd mind if he threw her down on the blanket and tore off her clothing. (..) She looked heartbreakingly…

— Julia Quinn

“If you cannot recognize the problem, there is no way that I could explain it to you." He laughed, damn the man.…

— Julia Quinn

“Tarryton did so, but not before saying, "I wouldn't be surprised if Billington came up to scratch on this gel." "Billington, Farnsworth,…

— Julia Quinn

“Places I Would Rather Be, Edition 1821 By Lady Olivia Bevelstoke France With Miranda With Miranda in France In bed with a…

— Julia Quinn

But she was already in. Gareth couldn't help but stand back in admiration. Hyacinth Bridgerton was clearly a natural born athlete. Either…

— Julia Quinn

“You've already danced with him," Louisa said. Annabel nodded. "I know." "People will talk." Annabel turned and blinked, trying to set her…

— Julia Quinn

“I really must tell you, I have never been a thespian.' Harriet waved this off like a gnat. 'That is what is…

— Julia Quinn

Not that I knew who you were until last month. But now that I've got you, I'm not letting you go." "You're…

— Julia Quinn

“Alex finally turned around and noticed that there were three women in the room. He quickly swept his eyes over them, taking…

— Julia Quinn

Stirlings of old had been so damned besotted with their newfound earldom that they couldn't think to put any other name on…

— Julia Quinn

“Isn’t it nice,” the older lady said, leaning in so that only Penelope could hear her words, “to discover that we’re not…

— Julia Quinn

“no one thought her the least bit unattractive, but at the same time, no one was dazzled by her beauty, stunned into…

— Julia Quinn

“And could it even really be called a kiss? It had been very, very short. And did it mean anything if the…

— Julia Quinn

I knew nothing but love and devotion when I was growing up. Trust me, it makes everything easier.

— Julia Quinn

“Maybe she was a wallflower. There was no shame in that. Especially not if one enjoyed being a wallflower.”

— Julia Quinn

“You don't understand how fragile life is. You don't realize that the thread breaks between one moment and the next.”

— Julia Quinn

“Michael wondered what the legal ramifications were for strangling a knight of the realm. Surely nothing he couldn‟t live with.”

— Julia Quinn

“I hope you know that I am listening, should you ever change your mind.”

— Julia Quinn

It was juvenile, he knew, this need to assign blame, but everyone had a right to childish emotions from time to time,…

— Julia Quinn

Am I not allowed to have my pride? Or is that an emotion reserved for the elite?

— Julia Quinn

He looks like a man.' 'How descriptive,' Susan said in a droll tone. 'Remind me never to advise you to seek work…

— Julia Quinn

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Cousin‟s Wife. Moses must have forgotten to write that one down

— Julia Quinn

When a man writes a romance, the woman dies. When a woman writes one, it ends all tidy and sweet.

— Julia Quinn

“He was discovering that may be there was more him than his name. And may be, when all was said and done,…

— Julia Quinn

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

— Julia Quinn

“Even while he'd been gone, she'd always know he was /there/, sharing the same planet with her, walking the same earth.”

— Julia Quinn

“he was helpless against his own devilish nature when it came to this girl”

— Julia Quinn

“What is there not to like about cupids?" "You don't find them rather dangerous?" "Chubby little babies?" "Carrying deadly weapons.”

— Julia Quinn

“He just wanted to see it. From afar. To see what might have been, what he was glad hadn't been. But maybe…

— Julia Quinn