“He would ask nothing else from life if he would be allowed to protect and cherish her for the rest of his.” — Julie Anne Long Life Copy Share Image
“Men who are fatally struck usually take a moment to drop. He felt rather suspended in that moment.” — Julie Anne Long Time Copy Share Image
“What was love if not a certain pleasantly deluded familiarity built up over years?” — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“She was backing away from him now. Don’t go, was his first panicked thought. Followed by: Hurry up.” — Julie Anne Long Backing away Copy Share Image
“Ah, Lyon: the Achilles’ heel of this family. She had forgotten about Lyon, and about disappearing Redmonds.” — Julie Anne Long Achilles heel Copy Share Image
“I should not, if I were you, wish to be, because ‘sterner stuff’ is usually forged by hardship.” — Julie Anne Long Hardship Copy Share Image
“Mister..." "Wrexion." Chase supplied with great dignity. "Mr.Hugh G. Wrexion.” — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“She wanted to buckle, lie on her side and gasp like an eviscerated fish. She held her breath against it, but her… — Julie Anne Long Breath Copy Share Image
“Love, real love, the kind that you fall in, isn’t like Corinthians. The “suffereth long” and “is kind” nonsense. It’s like the… — Julie Anne Long Corinthians Copy Share Image
“Sorry . . . thank you. Good night,” she said finally. She pivoted and headed for the house. He stared blankly. Thank you, good night?… — Julie Anne Long Good night Copy Share Image
“They immediately spent a moment in bemused silence in honor of the perilous little paradox that was the English female” — Julie Anne Long Heart Copy Share Image
“He was still thoughtful. 'Do you think any of us ever really knows anyone?' 'Philosophy, Lord Dryden? And yet it's daylight and… — Julie Anne Long 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 Copy Share Image
“i can only think god is responsible for passion,for god gives us bodies with which to express it and heart in which… — Julie Anne Long Intense 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
“Yes, Miss Masters, but walking is also a way to announce who you are." Gideon waved one arm impassionedly. "How you view… — Julie Anne Long 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 Message 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 Copy Share Image
“MEEEEE!” it bellowed. She jumped back again, dropping the basket lid. What the devil? She opened it again, and looked down at… — Julie Anne Long Cats 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
“When Phoebe glanced back at the marquess he swiftly lifted that rogue lock of hair, pointed at his forehead and mouthed: Good… — Julie Anne Long 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 Copy Share Image
“Tell me—what wouldn’t you do for Violet, Captain Flint?” Flint didn’t yet know the answer to this. Though he was perhaps closer… — Julie Anne Long Love Copy Share Image
“I shall expect your reply within a month. Surely that is time enough to ... weigh your other offers.' She stared at… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“Very well,” she said after a moment. “Here is how I see that loyalty and love are the same: You would lay… — Julie Anne Long Love Copy Share Image
“A proper kiss, Miss Eversea, should turn you inside out. It should . . . touch places in you that you didn’t… — Julie Anne Long Pleasure 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
“Perhaps we can discuss this further during the dancing portion of the evening. You'll enjoy waltzing with me later this evening, Miss… — Julie Anne Long Conversation Copy Share Image
“Moreover,' he mused relentlessly, 'I think that you'll be dreaming of me perhaps until the day you die.' She clapped her book… — Julie Anne Long Books Copy Share Image
“He composed himself inwardly. Sparing the world his awkwardness, hiding vulnerability. Preserving his pride.” — Julie Anne Long Awkwardness Copy Share Image
“Irony, when delivered cold and shaved very, very fine, could sound like amusement.” — Julie Anne Long Irony 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
“I love you so much i can hardly tell my own heart from yours anymore, and I've never said it to another… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“Magnanimous of you.' His mouth twitched. 'Mmm. Use more words like that, please. Schoolmistress words. Long, impressive ones.' He'd made the last… — Julie Anne Long Banter Copy Share Image
“And much like a catapult, my dear, the lower you begin in life, the higher you can eventually fly. All it requires… — Julie Anne Long Catapult 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 Copy Share Image
“Perhaps men like the Everseas were commonplace here in England. Perhaps finding a beautiful titled husband would be as simple as shaking… — Julie Anne Long Marriage Copy Share Image
“Do you think Kinkade is Welland-Dowd?" she wondered Chase burst into laughter so booming that every head on the street rotated, startled.… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
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