Julie Anne Long quotes:

Magnanimous of you.'His mouth twitched. 'Mmm. Use more words like that, please. Schoolmistress words. Long, impressive ones.' He'd made the last three words sound like an innuendo.

She charmed and sparkled and said witty things, but she knew very well she was being charming and sparkling and witty while she was doing it, which somehow felt wrong.

It isn't a weakness to accept kindness. It isn't a weakness to allow yourself to be cared for.

He was still thoughtful. 'Do you think any of us ever really knows anyone?' 'Philosophy, Lord Dryden? And yet it's daylight and everyone is still sober.

Something was stirring in him, though; a bud of comprehension that could very well bloom into forgiveness if left unchecked.