“One could tolerate an acid tongue for a time when the owner of it was so very pretty.” — Julie Anne Long Time 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
“Sometimes, the only way out of the fire is through the fire, m’boy.” — Julie Anne Long Fire Copy Share Image
“We all have foibles, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And the beholder oftentimes gets it wrong.” — Julie Anne Long Beauty Copy Share Image
“I will die, however,” he said quite seriously, “if you leave me again. Just watch me.” — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“Some of us walk about with the burden of old wounds. What must it be like to have the burden of…healing?” — Julie Anne Long Healing Copy Share Image
“Use it all you want. Marry him. He’ll never really be yours, and you’ll never know it. Or maybe you will.” — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“No proper life could be made from the pursuit of blinding pleasure followed by limp exhaustion.” — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“Charm, my dear, Cynthia wanted to tell her, is not learned, it is innate. And it is honed by desperation and need… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“Oh, my goodness, Lord Dryden. You should have seen your face when you said the word work. It’s not counted among the… — Julie Anne Long Deadly sins Copy Share Image
“No, Lord Waterburn threatened to shoot us for singing.” Waterburn had no patience for such whimsy. “I did no such thing,” he… — Julie Anne Long Patience Copy Share Image
“Her voice was a thread, but still she managed to sound acerbic. “I believe it’s the devil’s job to tempt me. Not… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“A nondescript place, but it had inevitably changed over the years; one of the old oaks had been split by lightning and… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“But is not one a result of the other?” she asked. “Love and loyalty? I cannot see how could you prefer one… — Julie Anne Long Love Copy Share Image
“Lyon Redmond was either a man on a pilgrimage in search of salvation, or a man out to burn on the pyre… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“I couldn't see it because you are my heart, damn you! And how can I see my own heart if it's beating… — Julie Anne Long Heart 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
“It’s…” She couldn’t finish. “Don’t try, Miss Redmond,” he agreed, shading his eyes. “There are honestly no suitable words, so we shall… — Julie Anne Long 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
“Are you afraid to touch me, darlin’? Are you afraid you’ll burn? You’ll have to get in line, darlin’ You’ll have to… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“And before he knew what he was doing, he reached out and with a thumb brushed away one teardrop glistening in that… — Julie Anne Long 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 leaned in for a sniff. 'Smells like a horse's arse! I've got Ian!' -'No sniffing allowed! We never discussed sniffing! I… — Julie Anne Long Humor Copy Share Image
“When and if Violet ever fell in love, lightning would split the heavens, tectonic plates would shift, continents would reorder themselves. Because… — Julie Anne Long Love Copy Share Image
“She wouldn't look up at him, wouldn't take her hands from her eyes; she didn't want him to see her. So he… — Julie Anne Long Evil Copy Share Image
“I love you," she murmured. The words ... it was as though an entire sun had exploded in his chest. He'd been… — Julie Anne Long Historical-romance Copy Share Image
“He had one of those chins what…” One of the innkeeper’s hands went up to squeeze his chin into two little folds.… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“ “I’ve . . .” he began. He could have completed that any number of ways: “. . . botched everything.” “.… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“Your armpit is very handsome." This made him laugh. "Only an artist would think an armpit is handsome." "But it is ...… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“Foolishness had never been an option in his life. He hadn’t acquired the knack for it. He should have known. Kisses, he’d… — Julie Anne Long Complicated things 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 Copy Share Image
“Kinkade sketched the occasional nude woman, and was generous about passing the sketches around to the men and cheerful about accepting criticisms… — Julie Anne Long Sketches Copy Share Image
“One of heartbreak's chief qualities seemed to be its ability to distort time and distances.” — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“Everyone needed a reminder to simply look at things and enjoy them, without labeling them.” — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“Perhaps that’s its strength. The flexibility. The fragility. Appearances…” He paused. “…are often deceiving.” — Julie Anne Long Fragility Copy Share Image
“Your imagination has an impressive reach.” “Or my boredom an impressive scope.” — Julie Anne Long Imagination Copy Share Image
“It's what this night would feel like if I could seize hold of it” — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
