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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)

Why waste romance on a love that would never be returned?

Let it be said, Marcus thought dryly,that nothing cooled a man's ardor like the Crusades.

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

Everything tastes better with quite a lot of butter." "We

It was so strange how someone could love another person so much and so well but still not understand what made her happy.

point it out," she muttered.

Did you know I have always suspected that men were idiots," Daphne ground out, "but I was never positive until today.

He was discovering that may be there was more him than his name. And may be, when all was said and done, he'd still be whole.

Colin leaned forward. I really did not want to leave my wife.

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?

You are not going to waltz in here and distract me with a clever phrase and a beguiling smile."
"You think my smile is beguiling?

I never thought I would be left behind."
He chuckled. "Eloise Bridgerton, I don't think anyone wouldever make the mistake of leaving you
behind.

What is this 'baronet'?" the prince asked.
"Endlessly in between," Harry replied with a sigh. "A bit like purgatory, really.

She was so beautiful it made her teeth ache.
He made a mental note not to attempt poetry.

Anthony looked down at his evil clutches
hands, he reminded himself, hands
and grinned anew.

Love was the best present of all...

I do love my family, but I really just go for the food.

The girl doesn't need a violin," he added. "She needs to have
her hands bound so she can never touch an instrument again.

Even while he'd been gone, she'd always know he was /there/, sharing the same planet with her, walking the same earth.

He smiled.
Her stomach felt strange.
She tried to smile back. She really should be going.
So naturally, she did not move.

Have you found the milk," he asked, "or must I venture out in search of a cow?

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.

She was in love. Lady Sarah Pleinsworth was in love.
And it was grand.

In this room,in this minite,she was his everything

Don't tell me your name. It's likely to awaken my conscience, and that's the last thing we want.

He just wanted to see it. From afar. To see what might have been, what he was glad hadn't been. But maybe should have been.

I keep waiting for the day in which everyone who loves 'Downton Abbey' will realize they were actually watching a historical romance novel.

He looks like a man.'
'How descriptive,' Susan said in a droll tone. 'Remind me never to advise you to seek work as a novelist.

It's your musicale." "And I'll sulk if I want to," she

To say that men can be bullheaded would be insulting to the bull.

Most fiction series are written so that the reader can come in at any point and not feel lost, but if you can start at the beginning, why not?

You are a treasure, Iris Kenworthy,

Love works in mysterious ways,

Forget Romeo and Juliet. This was much closer to The Taming of the Shrew.

Tumbling to the ground. "Didja ... didja hafta open it so ... so fast?" he mumbled.

When he looked up at Annabel, he was just a man, looking at a woman, praying and hoping that she loved him the way he loved her.

Every unmarried man is looking for a wife. They just don't always know it.

I would give the world to have one more person for whom I would lay down my life.

In her heart she longed for this man, dreamed of a life that could never be.

When the dead body said, "Good evening," Annabel had to face the grim conclusion that it wasn't as dead as she'd hoped.

Actually, I'm an excellent liar. But what I'm really good at is appearing appropriately sheepish and adorable after I'm caught.

The way he had always tried to tell her he loved her when she least expected it.

Weakness never got anyone anywhere.

Can't I be purple?" Lady Alexandra asked.
Billie looked at her as if she'd asked to have the Magna Carta revised.

I'm home', he said against her skin, and she realized it was the truth.
'I'm home, too'.

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.

She needed him to be him. Even if he could not be hers.

How in the hell am I supposed to watch my back if I have no idea what I'm watching for?

Children," Lady Bridgerton said with a sigh as she retook her seat. "I am never quite certain if I'm glad I had them.

Do I look like a mess?" she asked.
He nodded. "But you're my mess," he whispered.

Standing still is always more tiring than walking

She looked out
over the crowd, murmuring, I wonder if there are any gentlemen
here who might be willing to marry me before Wednesday

People will think you're courting me.'
'Nonsense, everyone knows I don't court respectable women.

Tell me something wicked.

Watch over Honoria, will you? See she doesn't marry an idiot. (Daniel Smythe-Smith)

I want you. I want you now, in every way a man can want a woman.

I like my parents," Olivia said.
Sebastian shook his head, "A concept so alien I think it must be unpatriotic.

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.

Am I not allowed to have my pride? Or is that an emotion reserved for the elite?

What a sad pair we are," she said. "Surely we can manage a conversation on a topic other than our respective terrible evenings.

I hope you know that I am listening, should you ever change your mind.

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

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.

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

Something important is always about to happen ... And if not, you'd do well to act as if it were. You'll enjoy life better that way.

Never," he spat out, "kick a man who is pointing a gun at you.

To call that writing, madam, is an insult to quills and ink across the world.

I do love it when I am right,' Hyacinth said triumphantly. 'Which is fortunate, since I so often am.

It is really quite remarkable," Sarah said, "that the two of you
are sisters."
"I marvel at it every day," Iris said flatly.

He loved her. He'd said it, and even though she couldn't quite believe it, she believed *him*.

If one read [Lady Whistledown's Society Papers] often enough, one could almost feel a part of London society without actually attending any balls.

Everything was better with bacon. Life was better with bacon. Elizabeth

I should love to see a ground-glass blue ocean

She was looking at him as if he'd just dropped fully formed from the sky.

Watch over Honoria, will you? See that she doesn't marry an idiot.

Happy endings are all I can do. I wouldn't know how to write anything else.

Just her and the great outdoors. Gwendolyn Margaret Passmore and a million blades of grass.

He was trying not to grin, but it was exceedingly difficult with Lady Penwood gasping like a fish on land.

He didn't know if there was a word to describe what he felt in that moment, how he saw the lines of his own heart when her eyes met his.

He loved her.
He wanted her.
He needed her.
And he needed her now.

Full lips are better for kissing.

Raw toast," Lucas said grimly, shaking his head. "It goes against the very nature of man.

If he was planning to attack and ravish, he gave no indication of being in a hurry to do so.

It's just that I don't think friends tie friends to the bedpost."
James choked on his tea. "Caroline, you have no idea.

There was a huge difference between dislike and disregard.

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

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

You're twisting my words."
"I think you are doing a fine job of twisting them yourself.

I shall be delighted to see you again this evening."
"Will you?"
(chuckles) "How tart! Positively lemonish of you."
"Lemonish; really.

Everyone has secrets.
Especially me.

I can't rave enough about Eloisa James. I'm simply in awe of her talent.

People saw what they expected to see. It was one of the basic truisms of life.

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.

Sophie shook her head, completely unable to speak. Posy had knocked her breath clear to Scotland.

Hush up, minx. You're a funny one, but you're certainly more likable than unlikable.

But he had saved her. That was irrefutable. Maybe it didn't really matter why he'd come to Phillip's party, only that he had, and he had saved her.

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

This is none of your concern,' his uncle spat.
'I beg to differ,' Sebastian said quietly. 'A lady in distress is always my concern.

Your heart is free now."
"No," he whispered. "It's yours.