Julia Quinn

“the unexpected moment [is] always sweeter.”

“He loved her. He wanted her. He needed her. And he needed her now.”

“It was heaven. Forget angels, forget St. Peter and glittering harpsichords. Heaven was a dance in the arms of one's true love.”

“The general public doesn't expect romance authors to be Harvard graduates. Which is funny, because there are actually quite a lot of us. But this disconnect means that journalists see me as an interesting story. The tricky part is making sure they understand that there are many, many talented writer...”

“I have a lot of teenage readers and readers in their early twenties. My writing style appeals to them. And if they look at my picture on the back of the book, they don't see someone who looks like their mother.”

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