When I am actually in the presence of children, I forget all about my own concerns. They are the easiest company in the world.
To meet a beautiful woman is one thing, but to meet your best friend in the most beautiful of women is something entirely apart.
There are perhaps darker turns in these woods than we’ve been taught to expect, but there is light to be found at their end. And I know, one day, we both will find it.[to Eloise]
All is fair in love and war, but some battles leave no victor, only a trail of broken hearts that makes us wonder if the price we pay is ever worth the fight.
You were not a fool. You merely believed yourself in love. One should never apologize for that. One finds oneself in such an incredible position, and, well, one should declare it, assuredly, fervently, loudly.[to Colin]
We will all need to find love one day.
We could pretend to form an attachment. With you on my arm, the world will believe I’ve finally found my duchess. Every presumptuous mother in town will leave me alone, and every suitor will be looking at you. You must know, men are always interested in a woman when they believe another, particularly a duke, to be interested as well.
Romance was entirely out of the question for both of us. But in so removing it, we found something far greater. We found friendship.
Pretending that nothing is amiss is the perfect way to lure the ignorant into submission.
If this is to work, we must appear madly in love.[to Daphne]
I know we could not be any more different, but there is one thing we do share, the certainty that you will make your own way in this world.[to Eloise]
Having a nice face and pleasant hair is not an accomplishment.
