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Don’t tell me your name. It’s likely to awaken my conscience, and that’s the last thing we want.

Julia Quinn

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Julia Quinn
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 12
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Evergreen State
Julie Cotler
Julie Pottinger
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Michael nodded tersely, eyeing a table across the room. It was empty. So empty. So joyfully, blessedly empty. He could picture himself a very happy man at that table. Not feeling very conversational this evening, are we? Colin asked, breaking into his (admittedly tame) fantasies.
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She smelled like England, of soft rain and sun-kissed meadows. And she felt like the best kind of heaven. He wanted to wrap himself around, bury himself within her, and stay there for all of his days. He hadn’t had a drop to drink in three years, but he was intoxicated now, bubbling with a lightness he’d never thought to feel again.
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It's only through sheer force and luck that she's yet to take over the world.
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Every unmarried man is looking for a wife. They just don't always know it.
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I have friends who have children, and they have told me how remarkable it is to have a new life that is a piece of your own flesh anf blood. But I -- I realized that I didn't love her because she was a piece of me, I loved her because she was a piece of you.
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...I do not tell you often enough, dear Mother, how very grateful I am that I am yours. It is a rare parent who would offer a child such latitude and understanding. It is an even rarer one who calls a daughter friend. I do love you, dear Mama.
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Am I not allowed to have my pride? Or is that an emotion reserved for the elite?
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You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending.
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Caroline, do you value your neck? Yes, I'm rather fond of it. Why? Because if you don't shut up, I'm going to wring it.
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He was the firstborn Bridgerton of a firstborn Bridgerton of a firstborn Bridgerton eight times over. He had a dynastic responsibility to be fruitful and multiply.
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To call that writing, madam, is an insult to quills and ink across the world.
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