I knew nothing but love and devotion when I was growing up. Trust me, it makes everything easier.

When you walk into a room,” he said softly, “the air changes.

In this room,in this minite,she was his everything

Never," he spat out, "kick a man who is pointing a gun at you.

It was one of those things that had to be experienced to be understood

It was funny, he reflected later, how one’s life could alter in an instant, how one minute everything could be a certain way, and the next it’s simply ... not

The two of you together are a menace,” Penelope remarked. “My aim in life,” Lady Danbury announced, “is to be a menace to as great a number of people as possible, so I shall take that as the highest of compliments, Mrs. Bridgerton.” “Why is it,” Penelope wondered, “that you only call me Mrs. Bridgerton when you are opining in a grand fashion?” “Sounds better that way,” Lady D said, punctuating her remark with a loud thump of her cane.