Lauren Willig Quotes

They were close enough that he could feel the hurried beat of her heart. He could feel Charlotte's indecision in every word she didn't say and every move she didn't make. She was tense with uncertainty, quivering with irresolution. She might not be leaning into him, but she wasn't pulling away, either.

Word of advice, sister mine. If you want to keep your papers private, don't write 'Private' on the cover. It set the mater right off. It was all I could do to stop her sniffing around like some great sniffing thing.

He admired her for throwing off her aristocratic shackles -- his terms, that -- and making her own way in the world.He didn't realize that the truth was so much more complex, so much less impressive. She had less thrown than been thrown.

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

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

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

It would be, like all of Pammy's parties, hot and crowded and filled with impossibly glamorous people with hip bones so sharp they could qualify as concealed weapons.

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