Julia Quinn Quotes - Page 6

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• You have to live each hour as if it's your last and each day as if you were immortal. - Kate Sheffield

  Julia Quinn

  Each Day, Lasts, Hours

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• It's only through sheer force and luck that she's yet to take over the world.

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  Luck, World, Force

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• You don't always have to kiss a lot of frogs to recognize a prince when you find one -Henrietta Barett

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  Kissing, Frogs

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• You're in a rather odd mood today." I'm soaking wet, Eloise." No need to snap at me about it, I didn't force you to walk across town in the rain." It wasn't raining when I left,". There was something about a sibling that brought out the eight-year-old in a body. I'm sure the sky was gray," Clearly, she had a bit of the eight-year-old in her as well.

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  Sibling, Rain, Eight

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• Why don’t you purchase an Italian dictionary? I will assume the expense.” “I have one,” she said, “but I don’t think it’s very good. Half the words are missing.” “Half?” “Well, some,” she amended. “But truly, that’s not the problem.” He blinked, waiting for her to continue. She did. Of course. “I don’t think Italian is the author’s native tongue,” she said. “The author of the dictionary?” he queried. “Yes. It’s not terribly idiomatic.

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  Thinking, Italian, Waiting

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• Milk?” Lady Bridgerton asked. “Thank you,” Gareth replied. “No sugar, if you please.” “Hyacinth takes hers with three,” Gregory said, reaching for a piece of shortbread. “Why,” Hyacinth ground out, “would he care?” “Well,” Gregory replied, taking a bite and chewing, “he is your special friend.

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  Special, Sugar, Hyacinths

  Julia Quinn (2005). “It's in his kiss”

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• She wandered over to the enclosed range, a rather modern-looking contraption that Cook had purchased earlier in the year. "Do you know how to work this?" she asked. "No idea. You? " Daphne shook her head. "None." She reached forward and gingerly touched the surface of the stove top. "It's not hot. " " Not even a little bit? " She shook her head. "It's rather cold, actually. " Brother and sister were silent for a few seconds . " You know," Anthony finally said, "cold milk might be quite refreshing ." " I was just thinking that very thing!

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  Brother, Thinking, Years

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• There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not Lust After Thy Friend's Sister.

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  Lust, Important, Commandments

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• He ought to buy her a new dress. She would never accept it, of course, but maybe if her current garments were accidentally burned... ...But how could he manage to burn her dress? She'd have to not be wearing it, and that posed a certain challenge in and of itself.

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  Challenges, Dresses, Accepting

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• Anthony sneezed and pushed them aside. "Mother, I am trying to have a conversation with the duke." Violet looked at Simon. "Do you want to have this conversation with my son?" "Not particularly." "Fine, then. Anthony, be quiet.

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  Mother, Son, Trying

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• In his heart, she’d been smiling for him. But now she was smiling at Colin Bridgerton, he of the famous charm and sparkling green eyes.

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  Heart, Eye, Green

  Laurie Paige, Julia Quinn (2015). “Something to Hide”, p.334, Harlequin

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• I shall have one, too," he told her. "So that you don't feel alone." She tried not to smile. "That is most generous of you." "I am quite certain it is my gentlemanly duty." "To eat cake?" "It is one of the more appealing of my gentlemanly duties," he allowed.

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  Cake, Certain, Duty

  Laurie Paige, Julia Quinn (2015). “Something to Hide”, p.32, Harlequin

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• Perriwickturned to Penelope as he set the tray down on a table. "If I might be so bold, my lady-" "Perriwick!" Blake roared. "If I hear the phrase 'if I might be so bold' one more time, as God is my witness, I'm going to toss you into the channel!" "Oh dear," Penelope said. "Perhaps he does have the fever, after all.Perriwick , what do you think?" The butler reached for Blake's forehead, only to have his hand nearly bitten off. "Touch me and die," Blake snarled.

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  Thinking, Hands, Doe

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• You are always looking at people like this.” And then she made a face, one he couldn’t possibly begin to describe. “If I ever look like that,” he said dryly, “precisely like that, to be more precise, I give you leave to shoot me.

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  Giving, People, Looks

  Laurie Paige, Julia Quinn (2015). “Something to Hide”, p.80, Harlequin

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• There were only so many ways a man‟s heart could break, and he had a feeling his couldn‟t survive another puncture.

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  Heart, Men, Feelings

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• You might wish to revisit your understanding of the word everything.” Gregory turned to his mother. “Vocabulary and comprehension were never her strong suits.” Violet rolled her eyes. “Every day I marvel that the two of you managed to reach adulthood.” “Afraid we’d kill each other?” Gregory quipped. “No, that I’d do the job myself.

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  Mother, Strong, Jobs

  Julia Quinn (2006). “On the way to the wedding”

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• It was a damned good thing men couldn’t have children. Gregory took no shame in admitting that the human race would have died out generations earlier.

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  Children, Men, Race

  Julia Quinn (2006). “On the way to the wedding”

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• The Smythe-Smith musicale. Thankfully, it came around just once per year, because Hyacinth was quite certain it would take a full twelve months for her ears to recover.

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  Years, Twelve, Months

  Julia Quinn (2005). “It's in his kiss”

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• Just be quiet and accept the praise.

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  Quiet, Praise, Accepting

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• If one didn't have love, was it better, then, to be alone?

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  Ifs

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• I won't be satisfied with anything less than everything.

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  Satisfied

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• She glared at him. "I'm not asking you to apologize." "Well, that's a relief.I doubt I could find the words.

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  Doubt, Asking, Relief

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• And I hope you will not think me foolish when I also extend my thanks. Thank you, Michael, for letting my son love her first. —from Janet Stirling, dowager Countess of Kilmartin, to Michael Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin

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  Son, Thinking, Firsts

  Julia Quinn (2004). “When he was wicked”

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• You’re going to be my grandmother.” “You silly child. In my heart, I’ve been your grandmother for years. I’ve just been waiting for you to make it official.

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  Children, Silly, Heart

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• For me, the dialogue is the easiest part of writing. It just always seems so obvious what a character will say. Maybe its because I talk too much!

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  Writing, Character, Too Much

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