“..he wanted her.And at another time, as another man, he would have her. Without hesitation. As lover. . . as more.”

“Ralston looked down his long, elegant nose at the vile creature at his feet, and said, You just impugned the honor of my future marchioness. Choose your seconds. I will see you at dawn.Leaving Oxfo...”

“She had wanted more than she could have.She had wanted him, and more... she had wanted him to want her.In the name of something bigger than tradition, bolder than reputation, more important than a ...”

“{Calpurnia)"My mothershes desperate for a daughter she can dress like a porcelain doll. Sadly, I shall never be such a child. How I long for my sister to come out and distract the countess from my ...”

“Yes, she was a scandal.Her brother simply didnt know it.I fell in the Serpentine today.Yes, well, that doesnt usually happen to women in London. But its not so much of a scandal as it is a challenge.”

“We are a motley bunch. But we more than make up for it with tenacity." ~ Ralston to Simon”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”

“Every great love starts with a great story...”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extend...”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”