Julia Quinn
Julia Quinn
Julia Quinn is the pseudonym used by Julie Pottinger, a best-selling American historical romance author, who says she chose her pseudonym so her Regency romances would be on bookshelves next to those of the successful romance writer Amanda Quick. Her novels have been translated into 26 foreign languages, and she has appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List 18 times...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
children blood new-life
I have friends who have children, and they have told me how remarkable it is to have a new life that is a piece of your own flesh anf blood. But I --" "I realized that I didn't love her because she was a piece of me, I loved her because she was a piece of you.
thinking rude done
That was very rude of me.” “Think nothing of it. You’ve done worse.
pigs forty-eight rabbits
He sighed, wondering how his life had been turned upside down by this woman in less than forty-eight hours. Correction: by this woman, a pig, and a rabbit.
years nurse lasts
This is why I didn't get married last year," she said to him. "I wouldn't be here to nurse you." She thought about that for a moment. "Of course, one could make the argument that you wouldn't be in this situation if not for me. But we're not going to dwell upon that.
men looks fool
Any man, you'll soon learn, has an insurmountable need to blame someone else when he is made to look a fool.
romance waiting historical
I keep waiting for the day in which everyone who loves Downton Abbey will realize they were actually watching a historical romance novel.
nice kissing thinking
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.
love-you heart heaven
I just -- I know my own heart and I love you, Turner. And if you have even the tiniest shred of decency, you'll say something because I've said everything I possibly can, and I can't bear the silence, and -- oh for heaven's sake! Will you at least blink?" He couldn't even manage that.
looks mess
Do I look like a mess?” she asked. He nodded. “But you’re my mess,” he whispered.
clever thinking phrases
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?
quiet praise accepting
Just be quiet and accept the praise.
writing happy-endings knows
Happy endings are all I can do. I wouldn't know how to write anything else.
garden wicked said
Daphne felt something wild and wicked take hold. “Let’s walk in the garden,” she said softly. “We can’t.” “We must.” “We can’t.
giving world persons
I would give the world to have one more person for whom I would lay down my life.