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Lauren Willig quotes: Ever since reading Jean Plaidy's 'Queen in Waiting,' I've felt deep admiration for Caroline of Ansbach.

Ever since reading Jean Plaidy's 'Queen in Waiting,' I've felt deep admiration for Caroline of Ansbach.

Lauren Willig quotes: I'm an eighteenth-century girl at heart. I wouldn't mind being set down in London in 1715, in the midst of all the drama of the Hanoverian succession.

I'm an eighteenth-century girl at heart. I wouldn't mind being set down in London in 1715, in the midst of all the drama of the Hanoverian succession.

Lauren Willig quotes: It's the exile's dilemma. The home they yearn for is never the home to which they return. If they return.

It's the exile's dilemma. The home they yearn for is never the home to which they return. If they return.

Lauren Willig quotes: My official field was Tudor-Stuart England; I also considered myself reasonably competent when it came to Renaissance and Reformation Europe.

My official field was Tudor-Stuart England; I also considered myself reasonably competent when it came to Renaissance and Reformation Europe.

Lauren Willig quotes: Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to imagine yourself in that role.

Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to imagine yourself in that role.

Lauren Willig quotes: My books fall in the wobbly middle between historical fiction and historical romance.

My books fall in the wobbly middle between historical fiction and historical romance.

Lauren Willig quotes: My own inclination is to skew towards humor. They say that some people view life as a comedy, others as a tragedy. Me? Comedy all the way.

My own inclination is to skew towards humor. They say that some people view life as a comedy, others as a tragedy. Me? Comedy all the way.

Lauren Willig quotes: Quite definitely a Bingley

Quite definitely a Bingley

Lauren Willig quotes: This was Hist and Lit, after all. If you couldn't work the term "liminal" into your tutorial, you were doing it wrong.

This was Hist and Lit, after all. If you couldn't work the term "liminal" into your tutorial, you were doing it wrong.

Lauren Willig quotes: Her eyes were as hard and bright as stars. Not the pretty sort that poets mooned about, but the kind that made men's destinies. The Orchid Affair

Her eyes were as hard and bright as stars. Not the pretty sort that poets mooned about, but the kind that made men's destinies. The Orchid Affair

Lauren Willig quotes: Love doesn't attack; it infiltrates.

Love doesn't attack; it infiltrates.

Lauren Willig quotes: Imagination was all very well in the daylight, but it was an uncomfortable thing late at night.

Imagination was all very well in the daylight, but it was an uncomfortable thing late at night.

Lauren Willig quotes: Amazing what the application of a knitting needle could do for one's manners.

Amazing what the application of a knitting needle could do for one's manners.

Lauren Willig quotes: I'm not sure that teaching a Core course is necessarily the best introduction to teaching.

I'm not sure that teaching a Core course is necessarily the best introduction to teaching.

Lauren Willig quotes: embroidered Louis XV chair, legs crossed at the

embroidered Louis XV chair, legs crossed at the

Lauren Willig quotes: She responded to Letty's well-meaning suggestions with the unblinking disdain perfected by cats in their dealings with their humans.

She responded to Letty's well-meaning suggestions with the unblinking disdain perfected by cats in their dealings with their humans.

Lauren Willig quotes: Most of the time, there is no truth, only various levels of interpretation. Fact is a construct we provide to the public.

Most of the time, there is no truth, only various levels of interpretation. Fact is a construct we provide to the public.

Lauren Willig quotes: They were a strange and mercantile people, these Americans. One never knew what they might come up with next.

They were a strange and mercantile people, these Americans. One never knew what they might come up with next.

Lauren Willig quotes: When I'm in heavy-duty writing mode, there's something great about reading a series. Soothing, but not distracting too much.

When I'm in heavy-duty writing mode, there's something great about reading a series. Soothing, but not distracting too much.

Lauren Willig quotes: Amy wondered if Bonaparte could declare war on Miss Gwen alone without breaking his peace with England

Amy wondered if Bonaparte could declare war on Miss Gwen alone without breaking his peace with England

Lauren Willig quotes: [He] had insisted that inanimate objects couldn't have malignant motivations, but Emma had extensive proof to the contrary.

[He] had insisted that inanimate objects couldn't have malignant motivations, but Emma had extensive proof to the contrary.

Lauren Willig quotes: Tell them I have the headacheno, the plague! I need something nice and contagious.

Tell them I have the headache
no, the plague! I need something nice and contagious.

Lauren Willig quotes: Turning to Turnip, Miss Dempsey said, 'Do you think?'. 'As little as I can,' Turnip replied honestly.

Turning to Turnip, Miss Dempsey said, 'Do you think?'. 'As little as I can,' Turnip replied honestly.

Lauren Willig quotes: Did I invent anything? I don't think so, not really. But if I've helped make history fun ... then my work here is done.

Did I invent anything? I don't think so, not really. But if I've helped make history fun ... then my work here is done.

Lauren Willig quotes: About, not to. Prepositions had been invented for a reason.

About, not to. Prepositions had been invented for a reason.

Lauren Willig quotes: If I stay in academia, I might end up going someplace random.

If I stay in academia, I might end up going someplace random.

Lauren Willig quotes: Romance tends to be the whipping boy of genre fiction.

Romance tends to be the whipping boy of genre fiction.

Lauren Willig quotes: If a man took a lover it would be accounted commonplace. Why shouldn't you? Your virtue lies in your mind, not in what lies between your legs.

If a man took a lover it would be accounted commonplace. Why shouldn't you? Your virtue lies in your mind, not in what lies between your legs.

Lauren Willig quotes: As a friend once pointed out, the crotchety dowagers do tend to get all the best lines. That may be why I have so many of them in my books.

As a friend once pointed out, the crotchety dowagers do tend to get all the best lines. That may be why I have so many of them in my books.

Lauren Willig quotes: With the complete lack of shame of the extremely deaf and the complete lack of grammar of the extremely inbred.

With the complete lack of shame of the extremely deaf and the complete lack of grammar of the extremely inbred.

Lauren Willig quotes: LIPID (Last Idiot Person I Dated) syndrome: a largely undiagnosed but pervasive disease that afflicts single women.

LIPID (Last Idiot Person I Dated) syndrome: a largely undiagnosed but pervasive disease that afflicts single women.

Lauren Willig quotes: It was lovely to see cynicism in one so young. It positively restored his faith in human nature.

It was lovely to see cynicism in one so young. It positively restored his faith in human nature.

Lauren Willig quotes: Why was it that cheering expressions were invariably so infuriating?

Why was it that cheering expressions were invariably so infuriating?

Lauren Willig quotes: All this rapture," managed Letty, wriggling out of her mother's grasp, "is decidedly premature.

All this rapture," managed Letty, wriggling out of her mother's grasp, "is decidedly premature.

Lauren Willig quotes: I think sex is a very minor part of most romance novels.

I think sex is a very minor part of most romance novels.

Lauren Willig quotes: Patience is only a virtue when there is something worth waiting for.

Patience is only a virtue when there is something worth waiting for.

Lauren Willig quotes: I never sat down and said, 'I'm going to write historical fiction with strong romantic elements.' It was just the way the stories went.

I never sat down and said, 'I'm going to write historical fiction with strong romantic elements.' It was just the way the stories went.

Lauren Willig quotes: People who would never sneer at sci-fi and murder mysteries have no trouble damning the whole romance genre without reading one.

People who would never sneer at sci-fi and murder mysteries have no trouble damning the whole romance genre without reading one.

Lauren Willig quotes: Its nice to know that your common sense stands between me and the grave.

Its nice to know that your common sense stands between me and the grave.

Lauren Willig quotes: My dear Mrs. Grimstone, sometimes cowardice is merely another word for common sense.

My dear Mrs. Grimstone, sometimes cowardice is merely another word for common sense.

Lauren Willig quotes: No sin is original, no matter what the bright young things may hope. We're all merely playing to a theme.

No sin is original, no matter what the bright young things may hope. We're all merely playing to a theme.

Lauren Willig quotes: I tend to navigate by indirection, meaning that most of the major things in my life have happened when I've been thinking about something else.

I tend to navigate by indirection, meaning that most of the major things in my life have happened when I've been thinking about something else.