Judith McNaught

“Miss stone, I adore you.”

— Judith McNaught

Reformed rakes often make the best husbands

— Judith McNaught

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

— Judith McNaught

“there is the door,use it…”

— Judith McNaught

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

— Judith McNaught

People who talk less frequently notice more.

— Judith McNaught

“Christmas came three days ago.”

— Judith McNaught

Missing you? I could cheerfully murder you.

— Judith McNaught

We are not of what we feel or believe to do, we are of what we do or fail to do.

— Judith McNaught

I do not believe that grief is ever so great that it can not be contained within.

— Judith McNaught

After all, it's not every day a woman is given a kingdom of dreams.

— Judith McNaught

She wept with shame for her lack of will and with fear for a love she couldn't control.

— Judith McNaught

“If you aren’t a living example of ‘the devil quoting scripture.’ ”

— Judith McNaught

“and gains at the gaming tables spread from White’s”

— Judith McNaught

“Not even in my weakest moment have I considered letting you go.”

— Judith McNaught

Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else.

— Judith McNaught

Why did happy memories fade and blur until one could scarcely recall them at all, while horrible memories seemed to retain their…

— Judith McNaught

Missing you?" she giggled incredulously. "I could cheerfully murder you." "I'd come back to haunt you," he threatened with a grin. "And…

— Judith McNaught

Looking at you has been my favorite pastime from the moment you asked me to describe your face," he said solemnly, looking…

— Judith McNaught

“She remebered the angry hurt she had felt because his mother had abandoned him as a young boy,and she cried even harder.His…

— Judith McNaught

The old adage which says that it is ‘whom you know that counts’ is far off the mark. It is what you…

— Judith McNaught

But he knew instinctively what he suggested was impossible. She'd been through so much, and held her tears back for so long,…

— Judith McNaught

The two of them simply weren't attracted to just any attractive, eligible man; they were attracted rarely, but when it happened, it…

— Judith McNaught

“Being brave doesn't mean you're never afraid. Being brave means that, even though you're scared, you still do what you should do.”

— Judith McNaught

“For a man who’s just inherited a small empire, Ian, you have a remarkably sour expression on your face. Would you care…

— Judith McNaught

I've hurt you terribly my love, and I'll hunt you again during the next fifty years. And you are going to hurt…

— Judith McNaught

“You were wearing your hair up like that the day we left for Harbor Springs," he said, his deep voice pitched seductively…

— Judith McNaught

“Jenny gaped at the rather comic spectacle, unable to believe her own eyes until Friar Gregory was so close she could actually…

— Judith McNaught

“And in that unlikely moment, as she held his dagger poised high, ready to strike, Royce Westmoreland thought she was the most…

— Judith McNaught

You can't stand clutter, and you have an obsession with orderliness. The furniture in here is centered exactly on the walls; the…

— Judith McNaught

Beside him a tiny elderly woman was leaning on a cane, studying him with curiosity. Since good manners seemed to require that…

— Judith McNaught

“So I'm tellin' you now-" Tony drew himself up to his most impressive height and slapped his hat on his head "-from…

— Judith McNaught

“The truth is,” she said shakily, “that I am scared to death of being here.” “I know you are,” he said, sobering,…

— Judith McNaught

“If you'll kiss me back," he whispered huskily, brushing his lips along the curve of her jaw, "I'll make it six million.…

— Judith McNaught

“When at last he finally hooked one, despite Elizabeth’s best efforts to prevent it, she scrambled to her feet and backed up…

— Judith McNaught

If I ever think you are even considering leaving me again, no matter how good you reasons, I'll have you locked in…

— Judith McNaught

“When he finally pulled his mouth from hers an eternity later, their breaths were coming in mingled gasps. Feeling almost bereft, Elizabeth…

— Judith McNaught

“Anderson!" he snapped murderously, "if you can tear your attention from Miss Danner's bust, the rest of us will be able to…

— Judith McNaught

“Hi.What are you doing here?" He frowned. "Damned if I know." Unable to suppress her smile she said, "The usual excuse is…

— Judith McNaught

“Ian, about Elizabeth Cameron. Her duenna said some things-“ That alarmingly pleasant yet distant smile returned to Ian’s face. “I’ll spare you…

— Judith McNaught