Julia Quinn quotes

The biggest challenge of my career, which is something that authors of genre fiction face all the time, is writing something fresh and new and at the same time meeting reader expectations. (Julia Quinn)
I keep waiting for the day in which everyone who loves Downton Abbey will realize they were actually watching a historical romance novel. View quote
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I can imagine no greater bliss than to lie about, reading novels all day. View quote
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I had to do something," she said. "I couldn't just sit and wait for life to happen to me any longer. View quote
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Anthony looked down at his evil clutches -- hands, he reminded himself, hands -- and grinned anew. View quote
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She needed him to be him. Even if he could not be hers. View quote
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She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years. View quote
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Last time I was in London, I visited Number 5, Bruton Street, which is the address I gave to Violet Bridgerton, the matriarch of the Bridgerton clan in my novels. It was a bit disconcerting to learn that it's actually a pub. View quote
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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. View quote
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Sometimes Hen... I think I would give my life just for one of your smiles. View quote
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Men. The day they learned to admit to a mistake was the day they became women. (Julia Quinn)
Do I look like a mess?” she asked. He nodded. "But you're my mess,” he whispered. View quote
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I have to tell you it was the first time even after all these years of expecting my own death that i truly knew what it meant to die because with you gone there was nothing left for me to live for. View quote
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In her heart she longed for this man, dreamed of a life that could never be. View quote
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She tried to remind herself that beauty was only skin deep, but that didn't offer any helpful excuses when she was berating herself for never knowing what to say to people. There was nothing more depressing than an ugly girl with no personality. View quote
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Weakness never got anyone anywhere. View quote
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Tell me something wicked. View quote
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No. Haven't you been listening?” Marcus would always remember that moment. It was to be the first time he would ever be faced with that most vexing of female quirks: the question that had nothing but wrong answers. View quote
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Francesca: It's still a bit cold yet. Michael: Never stopped John and me. Francesca: Yes, well, you're Scottish. Your blood circulates quite well half frozen. View quote
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A duel, a duel, a duel. Is there anything more exciting, more romantic... or more utterly moronic? View quote
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I also think he is given to disguises... Sometimes he wears spectacles and sometimes he does not. And twice he has worn an extremely peculiar hat. Inside. (Julia Quinn)
Happy endings are all I can do. I wouldn't know how to write anything else. View quote
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It's only through sheer force and luck that she's yet to take over the world. View quote
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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. View quote
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You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending. View quote
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