Quotes From "Just Like Heaven" By Julia Quinn

How do you feel?” she asked, trying to fluff his pillow. “Other than terrible, I mean.” He moved his head slightly to the side. It seemed to be a sickly interpretation of a shrug.“ Of course you’re feeling terrible, ” she clarified, “but is there any change? More terrible? Less terrible?” He made no response.“ The same amount of terrible? Julia Quinn

Well, ” she finally said, “he’s coming back shortly, so you are absolved of your responsibilities.” “No.” The word came from him like an oath, emerging from the very core of his being. She looked at him in impatient confusion. “What do you mean?” He stepped forward. He wasn’t sure what he was doing. He knew only that he couldn’t stop. “I mean no. I don’t want to be absolved.” Her lips parted. He took another step. His heart was pounding, and something within him had gone hot, and greedy, and if there was anything in the world besides her, besides him–he did not know it. “I want you, ” he said, the words blunt, and almost harsh, but absolutely, indelibly true. “I want you, ” he said again, and he reached out and took her hand. “I want you.” “Marcus, I–” “I want to kiss you, ” he said, and he touched one finger to her lips. “I want to hold you.” And then, because he couldn’t have kept it inside for one second longer, he said, “I burn for you.” He took her face in his hands and he kissed her. He kissed her with everything that had been building within him, every last aching, hungry burst of desire. Since the moment he had realized he loved her, this passion had been growing within him. It had probably been there all along, just waiting for him to realize it. He loved her. Julia Quinn

If you do not apologize to Lady Honoria, ” Marcus said, his voice so mild as to be terrifying, “I will kill you.” There was a collective gasp, and Daisy faked a swoon, sliding elegantly into Iris, who promptly stepped aside and let her hit the floor.“ Oh, come now, ” Mr. Grimston said. “Surely it won’t come to pistols at dawn.”“ I’m not talking about a duel, ” Marcus said. “I mean I will kill you right here. . Julia Quinn

You are always looking at people like this.” And then she made a face, one he couldn’t possibly begin to describe.“ If I ever look like that, ” he said dryly, “precisely like that, to be more precise, I give you leave to shoot me. Julia Quinn

Thank you, ” she whispered, sending up a quick prayer for his continued recovery.“ You’re welcome, ” Marcus murmured. Honoria let out a little shriek of surprise, jumping back nearly a foot.“ Sorry, ” he said, but he was laughing. It was quite the loveliest sound Honoria had ever heard.“ I wasn’t thanking you, ” she said pertly.“ I know.” He smiled Julia Quinn

This is why I didn’t get married last year, ” she said to him. “I wouldn’t be here to nurse you.” She thought about that for a moment. “Of course, one could make the argument that you wouldn’t be in this situation if not for me. But we’re not going to dwell upon that. Julia Quinn

The youngest one, ” she interrupted. “The youngest son, I mean. The one who is unmarried.”“ I know who he is.”“ Very well, then. What is wrong with him?” At that she cocked her head to the side and waited expectantly. He thought for a moment. “Nothing.”“You–wait.” She blinked. “Nothing?”He shook his head, then shifted his weight a little; his good foot was beginning to fall asleep. “Nothing comes immediately to mind.” It was true. She could do a good deal worse than Gregory Bridgerton.“Really?” she asked suspiciously. “You find nothing at all objectionable about him.” Marcus pretended to think about this a bit longer. Clearly he was supposed to be playing a role here, probably that of the villain. Or if not that, then the grumpy old man. “I suppose he’s a bit young, ” he said. . Julia Quinn

Watch over Honoria, will you? See that she doesn’t marry an idiot. Julia Quinn

Love works in mysterious ways, Julia Quinn