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

Julia Quinn

Categorized in : Doubt Asking Relief

In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and clear that one feels as if one's been hit in the chest, all the breath knocked out, and one knows, absolutely knows without the merest hint of a shadow of a doubt that one's life will never be the same.

hints shadow doubt

Deep inside, she knew who she was, and that person was smart and kind and often even funny, but somehow her personality always got lost somewhere between her heart and her mouth, and she found herself saying the wrong thing or, more often, nothing at all.

smart personality heart

Love's about finding the one person who makes your heart complete. Who makes you a better person than you ever dreamed you could be. Its about looking in the eyes of your wife and knowing all the way to your bones that she's simply the best person you've ever known.

marriage inspirational love

And then, well . . . He might have slept for a bit. He rather hoped he was sleeping, because he was quite certain he’d seen a six-foot rabbit hopping through his bedchamber, and if that wasn’t a dream, they were all in very big trouble. Although really, it wasn’t the rabbit that was so dangerous as much as the giant carrot he was swinging about like a mace. That carrot would feed an entire village.

feet dream sleep

Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. B... by Julia Quinn

Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet.

capricious rewards quiet

I had to do something," she said. "I couldn't just sit and wait f... by Julia Quinn

I had to do something," she said. "I couldn't just sit and wait for life to happen to me any longer.

waiting happens said

I vow to spend the rest of my life keeping your hands and feet wa... by Julia Quinn

I vow to spend the rest of my life keeping your hands and feet warm.

vow feet hands

Above all else, be true to your heart. When you marry, whether it be a marquis or an estate manager (or both!), it will be for life. You must go where your heart leads and never forget that love is the most precious gift of all. Money and social status are poor substitutes for a warm, tender embrace, and there is little in life more fulfilling than the joy of loving and knowledge that you are loved in return.

heart joy love-is

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.

tired voice hands

And, she was able to tell herself with some satisfaction, the man in question - one Colin Bridgerton - felt precisely the same way.... ....His earth shook, his heart leaped, and Penelope knew without a doubt that his breath was taken away as well. For a good ten seconds. Falling off a horse tended to do that to a man.

horse taken fall

It was heaven. Forget angels, forget St. Peter and glittering harpsichords. Heaven was a dance in the arms of one's true love.

arms angel heaven

Don't settle. Know what you want and reach for it. And if you don't know what you want, be patient. The answers will come to you in time, and you may find that your heart s desire has been right under your nose all the while.

noses desire heart

No one knows as well as I how much nonsense is printed in books. by Julia Quinn

No one knows as well as I how much nonsense is printed in books.

nonsense wells book

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.

trying attention looks

She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, b... by Julia Quinn

She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years.

unrequited-love glimpse years

sometimes there are reasons for our fears that we can’t quite explain. Sometimes it’s just something we feel in our bones, something we know to be true, but would sound foolish to anyone else.

bones sound sometimes

It suddenly made sense. Only twice in his life had he felt this inexplicable, almost mystical attraction to a woman. He’d thought it remarkable, to have found two, when in his heart he’d always believed there was only one perfect woman out there for him. His heart had been right. There was only one.

soulmate heart two

But looking beautiful isn't, I think, as important as feeling bea... by Julia Quinn

But looking beautiful isn't, I think, as important as feeling beautiful.

feelings beautiful thinking

She had been born for this man, and she had spent so many years trying to accept the fact that he had been born for someone else.

trying men years

Besides," he said breezily, "were it not for misunderstandings, we would be sadly lacking in great literature." She looked at him questioningly. "Where would Romeo and Juliet be?" "Alive.

alive literature would-be