"It is a truth universally acknowledged that one……" — Lauren Willig
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that one only comes up with clever, cutting remarks long after the other party is happily slumbering away."
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20 Quotes by Lauren Willig
Lauren Willig has 20 quotes on this site.
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Amazing what the application of a knitting needle could do for one's manners.
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Hard to believe that so nearby, just across the Channel, such atrocities could still occur in their supposedly civilized world,…
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They were a strange and mercantile people, these Americans. One never knew what they might come up with next.
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Why was it that cheering expressions were invariably so infuriating?
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They were close enough that he could feel the hurried beat of her heart. He could feel Charlotte's indecision in…
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Whether I like it or not, most of my images of what various historical periods feel, smell, or sound like…
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Patience is only a virtue when there is something worth waiting for.
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Miles was still mourning the loss of his Romantic Plan. 'There was going to be champagne, and oysters, and you'…
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I love the sound of words, the feel of them, the flow of them. I love the challenge of finding…
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Quite definitely a Bingley
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It was lovely to see cynicism in one so young. It positively restored his faith in human nature.
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The French just said he was a damned nuisance. Or they would have had they the good fortune to speak…
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