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How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2) QUOTES

How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2) QUOTES

1 " Elizabeth, you resemble nothing so much as a hen trying to hatch a book. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

2 " James started to laugh. His chin hurt where she'd smacked him twice, his foot throbbed where she'd stepped on it, and his entire body felt as if he'd swum through a rosebush, which wasn't as far off the truth as it sounded. Yet still he started to laugh. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

3 " Above all else, be true to your heart. When you marry, whether it be a marquis or an estate manager (or both!), it will be for life. You must go where your heart leads and never forget that love is the most precious gift of all. Money and social status are poor substitutes for a warm, tender embrace, and there is little in life more fulfilling than the joy of loving and knowledge that you are loved in return. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

4 " If looks could have killed, Susan would have been bleeding profusely from the forehead. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

5 " Raw toast," Lucas said grimly, shaking his head. "It goes against the very nature of man. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

6 " Am I not allowed to have my pride? Or is that an emotion reserved for the elite? "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

7 " She Looked doubtful."If you insist." "I do." "Very well." With barely a moment for either of them to prepare, she drew back and let fly.Before James had any idea what was happening, he was sprawled on the ground, and his right eye socket was throbbing. Elizabeth, rather than displaying any sort of worry or concern over his health, was jumping up and down,squealing with glee. "I did it! I really did it! Did you see it? Did you see it?" "No," he muttered, "but I felt it". "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

8 " Oh, go ahead and giggle," Lady Danbury sighed. "I've found that the only way to avoid parental frustration is to view him as a source of amusement. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

9 " She turned, pasting a brilliant smile on her face. She was going to charm this man until - until - well, until he was charmed. She opened her mouth to slay him with something utterly witty and sophisticated, but before she could form even a sound, he leaned in closer, his eyes warm and dangerous, and said, "I find myself unbearably curious about that smile." She blinked. If she didn't know better, she'd think that he was trying to charm her. No, she thought with a mental shake of her head. That was impossible. He barely knew her, and while she wasn't the ugliest girl in all of Surrey, she was certainly no siren. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

10 " James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?"
Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

11 " He looks like a man.'

'How descriptive,' Susan said in a droll tone. 'Remind me never to advise you to seek work as a novelist. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

12 " Oh, Elizabeth," he murmured, leaning down to press a gentle kiss on her mouth, "I love you so much. You must believe me."
"I believe you," she said softly, "because in your eyes, I see what I feel in my heart. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

13 " For the love of God, woman, there's only one rule in that bloody book worth following.'
'And that is?' Elizabeth asked disdainfully.
'That you marry your damned marquis! "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

14 " Do you know what I like about you, Elizabeth?"
She couldn't even possibly imagine.
"You're as kind and good a person as they come," he continued, "but unlike most kind and good people, you don't preach or cloy, or try to make everyone else kind and good ... And underneath all that kindness and goodness, you seem to possess a wicked sense of humor, no matter how hard you occasionally try to suppress it. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

15 " All of this presupposes that I have set my sights on a single male.'

Susan's eyes bugged out. 'You certainly cannot set your signs on a married man!'

'I meant a particular man,' Elizabeth retorted, swatting her sister on the shoulder. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

16 " But you have told me," Elizabeth protested, "time and again, that the hallmark of civilization is routine."
Lady D shrugged and made a fussy little chirping sound. "A lady cannot take it upon herself to occasionally change her routine? All routines need periodic readjustment. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

17 " It was just a book. An inanimate object. The only power it held was what she chose to give it. It could only be important in her life if she made it such.
Of course, that didn't explain why she half expected it to glow in the dark every time she peered into her satchel. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

18 " She was swaying slightly from side to side, and he could see her shoulders rise and fall with each shuddering breath.

He knew that sort of breath. It was the one you drew when you were trying so hard to keep your feelings inside, but you just weren't strong enough. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

19 " you seemed far too familiar with violence. It was too easy for you. The way you drew your gun ... You'd had far too much experience with it."
He leaned forward, his eyes burning into hers. "What I felt in that moment was far from familiar. It was rage, Elizabeth, pure and primitive, and quite unlike anything that's ever before coursed through my veins. "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)

20 " We cannot accept this sort of money from a stranger.'
'Maybe it's not a stranger,' Susan said.
'Then that's even worse!' Elizabeth retorted. 'My God, can you imagine? Some horrid person treating us like puppets, pulling our strings, thinking he can control our destiny? "

― Julia Quinn , How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2)