This thing between them, this bond—it wasn’t just passion, and it wasn’t wicked. It was love, and it was divine.

Suddenly it was too hard to be in his presence, too painful to know that he would belong to someone else.

Reformed rakes make the best husbands,"Violet said. "Rubbish and you know it." -Anthony to Violet

People will think you're courting me.' 'Nonsense, everyone knows I don't court respectable women.

I can imagine no greater bliss than to lie about, reading novels all day.

The ranks of society are once again filled with Ambitious Mamas, whose only aim is to see their Darling Daughters married off to Determined Bachelors

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.