“She was backing away from him now. Don’t go, was his first panicked thought. Followed by: Hurry up.” — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“Of course you're sorry. The first words out of the mouths of men who are caught doing something they're only too happy… — Julie Anne Long Men Copy Share Image
“One of heartbreak's chief qualities seemed to be its ability to distort time and distances.” — Julie Anne Long Grief Copy Share Image
“Have you ever been in love?” “Colin. For the love of God.” “I have,” he said bluntly. “And when you lose love,… — Julie Anne Long Love Copy Share Image
“He’d meant to take her apart with a kiss. How, then, did he wind up in pieces?” — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“I took a fall,” he confirmed evenly. After a hesitation doubtless only Phoebe noticed. And Phoebe didn’t know whether it was the… — Julie Anne Long Fall Copy Share Image
“The message was sealed with a blob of wax but no press of a signet. She slid a finger beneath to crack… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“Perhaps that’s its strength. The flexibility. The fragility. Appearances…” He paused. “…are often deceiving.” — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“She thought that heartbreak might just give his character the shadows and corners and angles it needed to make it truly interesting.… — Julie Anne Long Falling in love Copy Share Image
“For you see, Captain Flint, I, too, never settle for less than what I want. Or never thought I possibly could. I’m… — Julie Anne Long Adventure Copy Share Image
“He was a relentlessly cheerful presence, talked only of himself but so good-naturedly that she indulged him. He certainly laughed a good… — Julie Anne Long End of the world Copy Share Image
“Your imagination has an impressive reach.” “Or my boredom an impressive scope.” — Julie Anne Long Imagination Copy Share Image
“The wrong man could have brought it all crashing down,” she told him. “A different man might have collapsed under the weight… — Julie Anne Long Wrong man Copy Share Image
“And though she could scarcely even feel them, her lips formed the words, and sound emerged, sounding frayed, and small and cracked,… — Julie Anne Long God help Copy Share Image
“It might have begun a bit like a chess game, but it had taken on its own momentum, and owned both of… — Julie Anne Long Chess Copy Share Image
“No one moved. No one spoke. They seemed be riveted by whatever it was they saw in his eyes. “Place me like… — Julie Anne Long Death Copy Share Image
“Irony, when delivered cold and shaved very, very fine, could sound like amusement.” — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“she had lately come to understand injustice and tricks of fate, and how they could turn you into someone else completely, maybe… — Julie Anne Long Fate Copy Share Image
“Now, here’s a philosophical dilemma for a vicar … is it a lie if you don’t know you’re lying? Is it a… — Julie Anne Long Lying to yourself Copy Share Image
“There are things the artist intends, and things the viewer sees, and what the viewer sees isn't always what the artist intends.… — Julie Anne Long Art Copy Share Image
“Let’s say then you’ve made the decision to tear the life you know asunder in order to be with this person you… — Julie Anne Long Life Copy Share Image
“May I see your dance card?” “Don’t you believe me?” She presented it to him with a flourish. He ran his fingers… — Julie Anne Long Dance Copy Share Image
“Well, it’s not as though he cannot help it, you see. The…saving of things. I suspect it’s Captain Flint’s way of telling… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
