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 QuinnShe tried to remind herself that beauty was only skin deep, but that didn't offer any helpful excuses when she was berating herself for never knowing what to say to people. There was nothing more depressing than an ugly girl with no personality.
Julia QuinnYou are always looking at people like this.โ And then she made a face, one he couldnโt possibly begin to describe. โIf I ever look like that,โ he said dryly, โprecisely like that, to be more precise, I give you leave to shoot me.
Julia QuinnFelicity," Mrs. Featherington interurupted, "why don't you tell Mr. Brdgerton about your watercolors?" For the life of him, Colin couldn't imagine a less interesting topic (except maybe for Phillipa's watercolors), but he nonetheless turned to the youngest Featherington with a friendly smile and asked, "And how are your watercolors?" But Felicity, bless her heart, gave him a rather friendly smile herself and said nothing but, "I imagine they're fine, thank you.
Julia QuinnIt suddenly made sense. Only twice in his life had he felt this inexplicable, almost mystical attraction to a woman. Heโd thought it remarkable, to have found two, when in his heart heโd always believed there was only one perfect woman out there for him. His heart had been right. There was only one.
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