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Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3) QUOTES

Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3) QUOTES

1 " You don't always have to kiss a lot of frogs to recognize a prince when you find one

-Henrietta Barett "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

2 " Sometimes Hen...I think I would give my life just for one of your smiles. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

3 " I don't know why people persist in believing women are inferior, when it is quite clear that men are the more feeble-minded of the two. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

4 " How delightful! Dunford had just come into an unexpected inheritance. She rather hoped it was something good. One of her friends had just unwillingly inherited thirty-seven cats. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

5 " If I wanted Belle," he cut in, "I would have asked her to marry me." He pulled her more tightly against him. "Henry, I love you. I'd love you if you wore a sackcloth. I'd love you if you had a mustache." He paused and tweaked her nose. "Well, the mustache would be difficult. Please promise me you won't grow one. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

6 " I don't think Henrietta suits anyone," she replied. Then she offered him her cheeky smile, and Alex saw in an instant why Dunford was falling like a rock for this girl. She had spirit, and although she didn't realize it yet, she had beauty, and Dunford didn't have a chance. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

7 " He rolled his eyes. Why was he surprised about anything having to do with her? Of course she'd be able to lift a large stone. She was Henry. She could probably lift him. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

8 " Hush up, minx. You're a funny one, but you're certainly more likable than unlikable. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

9 " They climbed up into the carriage and were on their way. Henry caught her bonnet on the doorframe as she was getting in, a circumstance which caused her to mutter most ungraciously under her breath. Dunford thought he heard her say, "Bloody bleeding blooming bonnet," but he couldn't be certain. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

10 " She didn't like to think she was so shallow that a mere dress could make her happy, but she had to concede that it gave her a new sense of self-confidence. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

11 " 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. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

12 " He wanted to laugh at the poetic justice of it all. After a couple of years of chasing after women and then a decade of having them chase after him, he'd finally been brought down by a slip of a girl, fresh out of Cornwall, whom he was honor-bound to protect. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

13 " The waltz allowed him to get just close enough to her to detect that maddening scent of lemons, and he inhaled it as if it would save his life. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

14 " Every now and then she'd see a fine lady in a gorgeous gown that fit her to perfection. Such women didn't have feet, Henry decided. They had rollers - virtually gliding along. And wherever they went, a dozen besotted men followed. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

15 " He had never expected a title, never expected lands of his own or a household to go with them. His father had been a younger son of a younger son; God only knew how many Dunfords had had to die to put him in line for this inheritance. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

16 " She absentmindedly twirled her fingers around a lock of her long, brown hair, one of her few concessions to vanity. It would have been more sensible to cut it short, but it was thick and soft, and Henry just couldn't bear to part with it. Besides, it was her habit to wind it around her fingers while she was thinking hard about a problem, as she was doing now. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

17 " That man had deliberately set out to charm her. It didn't matter that he'd succeeded, she thought perversely. It only mattered that he had done it deliberately, probably because he wanted something from her. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

18 " he poured himself a glass of whiskey. And another. And another. Not enough to get stinking drunk, just enough to make him overly contemplative. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

19 " The waltz allowed him to get just close enough to her to detect that maddening scent of lemons, and he inhaled it as if it would save his life. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)

20 " You have a mother?"
He quirked a brow. "Did you think mine was some sort of divine birth? My father was a remarkable man, but even he was not that talented. "

― Julia Quinn , Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)