Suddenly it was too hard to be in his presence, too painful to know that he would belong to someone else.
You have to live each hour as if it’s your last and each day as if you were immortal. – Kate Sheffield
You don’t always have to kiss a lot of frogs to recognize a prince when you find one -Henrietta Barett
James – “Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?”Elizabeth – “Oh, I’m definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.
She’d met Colin on a Monday.She’d kissed him on a Friday.Twelve years later.She sighed. It seemed fairly pathetic.
Anthony looked down at his evil clutches — hands, he reminded himself, hands — and grinned anew.
And if you say that’s because you lot barged into her home like a herd of mentally deficient sheep, I’m disowning all three of you.
You always get more respect when you don’t have a happy ending.
I can’t imagine a romance novel published today where the hero rapes the heroine and she falls in love with him.
Sometimes Hen…I think I would give my life just for one of your smiles.
Blake took a small roll from the tray on the table, then put it back in favor of a larger one. And maybe a little butter. It certainly couldn’t hurt. And jam…no, he drew the line at jam. She was a spy, after all.
This has to be the most self-centered thing I’ve ever said, but no, I think you just wanted to vex me.
He loved her.He wanted her.He needed her.And he needed her now.
Don’t tell me your name. It’s likely to awaken my conscience, and that’s the last thing we want.
It was heaven. Forget angels, forget St. Peter and glittering harpsichords. Heaven was a dance in the arms of one’s true love.
If he was planning to attack and ravish, he gave no indication of being in a hurry to do so.
I don’t know whether to toss you through that window or shake your hand and say ‘Well done'” Henry said in a tired voice.
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.
You don’t have to kiss a lot of frogs to recognize a prince when you find one.”-Henrietta Barrett, (Minx, Splendid Trilogy book #3)
It was juvenile, he knew, this need to assign blame, but everyone had a right to childish emotions from time to time, didn’t they?
Caroline, do you value your neck?””Yes, I’m rather fond of it. Why?””Because if you don’t shut up, I’m going to wring it.
Simon gave her a startled look. ‘I don’t believe I have ever been condescended to by a woman before.’ She shrugged. ‘It was probably past time.
I can imagine no greater bliss than to lie about, reading novels all day.
No one knows as well as I how much nonsense is printed in books.
I’m not certain you’d know the right sort of man for you if he arrived on our doorstep riding an elephant.”“I would think the elephant would be a fairly good indication that I ought to look elsewhere.
It’s only through sheer force and luck that she’s yet to take over the world.
He shook his head in wonder. “You are magnificent.””I keep telling everyone that,” she said with a nonchalant shrug, “But you seem to be the only one to believe me.
My mother is convinced that yellow is a happy color and that a happy girl would get a husband.-Penelope Featherington
You have asked her to marry you, I hope””I might have demanded it”, he admitted.”Even better
Would you care to dance?” he blurted. “Now?” She smiled adorably. “Is there music?” There wasn’t. It was some testament to how foolish in love he’d become that he did not even feel embarrassed.
He touched her cheek, and he looked into her eyes. He saw his whole world there
It’s the curse of motherhood. You’re required to love us even when we vex you.
There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not Lust After Thy Friend’s Sister.
Watch over Honoria, will you? See that she doesn’t marry an idiot.
Did you know I have always suspected that men were idiots,” Daphne ground out, “but I was never positive until today.
Any man, you’ll soon learn, has an insurmountable need to blame someone else when he is made to look a fool.
Oh, go ahead and giggle,” Lady Danbury sighed. “I’ve found that the only way to avoid parental frustration is to view him as a source of amusement.
Elizabeth, you resemble nothing so much as a hen trying to hatch a book.
I’m home”, he said against her skin, and she realized it was the truth.”I’m home, too”.
Maybe she was a wallflower. There was no shame in that. Especially not if one enjoyed being a wallflower.
Did you know I dream about your hair? I use to say it was the color of the sun at sunset, but I’m wrong. It’s brighter than the sun, just as you are.
He smiled, and suddenly she knew that his words were true. Everything would be all right. Maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow, but soon. Tragedy couldn’t coexist in a world with one of Colin’s smiles.
To call that writing, madam, is an insult to quills and ink across the world.
This thing between them, this bond—it wasn’t just passion,and it wasn’t wicked.It was love, and it was divine.
I should thank you”, she said.His lips stilled, and she felt him smile against his skin. ”For what?””Everything, really. But mostly for being you
It was those eyes as much as anything that had earned him his reputation as a man to be reckoned with. When he stared at a person, clear and unwavering, men grew uncomfortable. Women positively shivered.
A man with charm is an entertaining thing, and a man with looks is, ofcourse, a sight to behold, but a man with honor – ah, he is the one, dear reader, to which young ladies should flock.
I don’t know why people persist in believing women are inferior, when it is quite clear that men are the more feeble-minded of the two.
But Hyacinth Bridgerton, who at ten should have known the least about kisses of anyone, just blinked thoughtfully, and said, ” I think it’s nice. If they’re laughing now, they’ll probably be laughing forever.
Billie laughed at that, full and throaty, and once again she became so incandescently beautiful that George was half-tempted to throw a blanket over her, just to stop anyone else from wanting her.
I very specifically told you to stay away from Ned Blydon.””I chose not to follow your advice. Ned is a very nice person. Handsome, personable—a perfect escort.””That is precisely why I wanted you to keep him at arm’s length.
…So when the weather wasn’t too overbearingly hot he tucked her arm in the crook of his elbow, and they walked about town, running errands and asking questions.And falling in love
She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years.
And she never knew that he laid awake the whole time, his lips at her temple, his hand against her hair.Whispering her name.Whispering other words as well.
You married into the family. You have to love me. It’s a contractual obligation.
You don’t talk much, do you?” she blurted out.”I didn’t think there was a need. You seem to be holding up both our ends of the conversation admirably.
what a sad pair we are,” she said. “Surely we can manage a conversation on a topic other than our respective terrible evenings.