Kate Quinn Quotes

So you're met Finn. He's a dash, isn't he? If I weren't older than dirt and ugly as sin, I'd climb that like a French alp. ~ Kate Quinn

It's what a man does when he likes a lass. Puts on a jacket. Puts a shine on his shoes. Asks her to dinner. ~ Kate Quinn

I am only saying that I will find you mad wolves to hunt," Ian told his wife, "and that I will never break your heart." If part of that heart was always out of reach, that seemed entirely fair to Ian. You did not get a whole heart when you pinned yours to a splendid, battered, high-flying hawk like a Night Witch. Nina's soul would always in some deep place yearn to be soaring under a bomber's moon with her dark-eyed Moscow rose, and that was fine. Ian thought there was a chance, despite her prickles, that a bit of that remaining heart might thaw enough for him. ~ Kate Quinn

I've gotta go," Andy said, turning to me with a frown. "But listen. Fuck this campaign. Do not let them tell you who you are. You're not an idiot. You're amazing, Kate Quinn. I see you." He nodded at my confused expression. "I saw you right away. That stupid press conference, grabbing that stupid microphone. The real you. You're better than all of them. Jesus . . ." He let out a desperate laugh. "You're even nice to vending machines! ~ Jenn Marie Thorne

...but nightmares were easier to bear when there were warm arms in the dark to burrow into. ~ Kate Quinn

Big hat, no cattle. ~ Kate Quinn

Oh, Hell's gates!" Annia cried, borrowing Vix's favorite curse. ~ Kate Quinn

Grief was beginning to be overlaid by the first layer of skin and time. Jordan supposed that layer would get thicker and thicker and in a way she was sorry. Grief cut, but it also made you remember. (78%) ~ Kate Quinn

We traded back and forth,both of us a little silly and enjoying it.The Little things, the getting-to-know-you-things". ~ Kate Quinn

I can just see you standing over a font with a screaming armful of lace! ~ Kate Quinn

She'd looked like a worn-out knight lowering her visor for one last charge, haggard, gaunt, composed, serene. ~ Kate Quinn

Even when she was just a flutter inside me, I loved her. Because she is ours. ~ Kate Quinn

I believe in revenge... I've lost faith in much over the years, but not that. ~ Kate Quinn

The idea made her sick and scared, but so what? Why did it matter if something scared you, when it simply had to be done anyway? ~ Kate Quinn

Never trust a German to get a sauce right. Their solution to everything is just add more butter. ~ Kate Quinn

Men demonstrate their courage more often in little things than in great. - BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE ~ Kate Quinn

If part of that heart was always out of reach, that seemed entirely fair to Ian. You did not get a whole heart when you pinned yours to a splendid, battered, high-flying hawk like a nightwhich. Nina's soul would always, in some deep place, yearn to be flying under a bomber's moon with her dark-eyed Moscow rose. 99% ~ Kate Quinn

A man who takes a virgin for a mistress will either wish to train her to his standards, or wish her to remain passive and innocent as he does the work. You will have to pay close attention and follow his lead. ~ Kate Quinn

Even if we lose, what of it? We have made a song of freedom that will ring for a thousand years. No one will forget the Iceni or their red-haired queen. ~ Kate Quinn

Courage is defined by how we meet unfortunat circumstances - inevitable or not. ~ Kate Quinn

Make this m-more interesting, or I'm going to drink a lot faster. ~ Kate Quinn

Flamingo necks, peacock brains, pike livers, lark tongues, sow's udders, elephant trunks and ears extravagantly frilled with parsley. ~ Kate Quinn

I will not tell you one single solitary fact about my work, my friends, or the woman I was arested with. But I will tell you this, Rene Bordelon. You're a gullible fool. You're a terribly lover. And I hate Baudelaire. ~ Kate Quinn

Poetry is like passion--it should not be merely pretty; it should overwhelm and bruise. ~ Kate Quinn

Your trouble is,your experience is all with boys.Not men...
What I mean is, it,s not a matter of age.There are boys aged fifty,and men aged fifteen It's all in what they do,not how old they are" He paused." A boy messes up with a lass,and he slinks off without fixing anything. A man makes a mistake, he fixes it.He apologizes. ~ Kate Quinn

I stood... poisoned in it's presence. ~ Kate Quinn

I am Athena. Before that I was Thea, singer and slave and lover of gladiators. Before that I was Leah, daughter of Benjamin and Rachael of Masada. I am as mortal as you, you common little man. And I fear no one! ~ Kate Quinn

What is the opposite of a lake? What is the opposite of drowning? What lies all the way west? (99%) ~ Kate Quinn

Have you ever been - well, i mean, have you ever - really wanted someone ? Wanted them like water in the desert - even when you knew all their faults, every single one - and it didnt matter ? ~ Kate Quinn

You're smarter than any woman I know, a wee little adding machine in a black dress, and I like that. You've got a sharp tongue, and I like that too. You try to save everyone you meet, from your cousin and your brother to hopeless cockups like Gardiner and me, and I like that most of all. So I'm here to take you to dinner. I'm here in a jacket." Pause. "I hate jackets. ~ Kate Quinn

B-but I am too tired for much hatred, monsieur. I have to get along in the world, or I w-w-won't live to see the end of this war. ~ Kate Quinn

Capon with just a squeeze of juice from a lime, nothing ~ Kate Quinn

[Ruth]'d had bad nightmares in the fall, something about a woman hiding in her closet at night to steal her away, and Jordan had fussed very unnecessarily. Nina had taken her razor, gone into the closet and banged around uttering some Baba Yaga screeches, nicked the pad of her finger so there would be blood on the razor, then walked out holding it up for Ruth's inspection, announcing, "Is dead now." Nightmares had been better ever since. ~ Kate Quinn

Rose wasn't going to write a book or swim the Channel or do anything different - because once you're pregnant, you're finished. ~ Kate Quinn

Maybe it is all rotten, but if the good ones leave, who's there to make it better after the war? I know why you have to leave, Ninochka. It's leave or nothing. But I can't give up my homeland and my oath for love. That's the kind of thing that makes men say little princesses have no place at the front. ~ Kate Quinn

But I'd far rather live without souls or morals than Parmesan. ~ Kate Quinn

Moments like this should have been glorious, and they never were. The monsters always looked so ordinary and pathetic, in the flesh. ~ Kate Quinn

How do I know what I'm up for if you won't tell me what this is about?'
'It's about a friend,' she said simply. 'A blond woman with a sunshine laugh and the courage to light the world on fire. ~ Kate Quinn

It is better to be feared than loved. - MACHIAVELLI ~ Kate Quinn

Hatred doesn't lie. Hatred doesn't tell soothing stories. You'll tell me true.' ~ Hadrian ~ Kate Quinn

Men are strange creatures...If a woman surrenders her virtue to an enemy, they are confident her patriotism can't be far behind. They have very little faith in a woman's ability to resist falling in love with a man who beds her. Besides, a horizontale isn't respectable, and a spy's business is already disreputable enough. We can't bring shame on our country by staining our reputations -- if we're to engage in espionage, we must do it as ladies. ~ Kate Quinn

It doesn't do to look too envious of other women. Men are already quite vain enough thinking we fight each other like cats for their attention, aren't they? - Giulia Farnese ~ Kate Quinn

Annia of the red braid and the ferocious scowl and the long, long limbs. Annia Galeria Faustina ...
"Mine," I whispered, "Mine ~ Kate Quinn

I'm done loving sweet-souled long lashed idealists who dream of flight.... She would find some clear eyed hunter with a heart like a diamond. ~ Kate Quinn

Paulinus, everyone knows. Say the word, and I'll run the bitch over with my chariot ~ Kate Quinn

Her brown hair was pulled back in a ponytail, and her flawless skin had a slight sheen from her dash across the parking lot and up the stairs. Sexy, but he suspected the fantasy the sheen inspired was better than the reality. She was the job. Probably wore Kevlar to bed. End of story. Still, he did enjoy playing with her. He liked her big blue eyes, cute little nose, slim athletic body, and her earnest dedication to making the world a more law-abiding place. It made his dedication to crime much more interesting. ~ Janet Evanovich

Writing for children isn't easy. Kids will abandon a story that doesn't interest, enchant, delight, thrill, or terrify them. But when you can find a way into a young reader's imagination through something as simple as words on paper, well, there's nothing more satisfying. ~ Kate Klise

My rage and sense of alienation as to how women have been written, have allowed themselves to be written, in so many ways, has political roots. ~ Kate Zambreno

For a minute or a lifetime, some people try to clip your wings, while others help you learn to fly. ~ Kate Sterritt

Unfortunately, the Best Lord had condemned both vehicles as unsafe and instead I now leased a Pack Jeep I called Hector. Equipped with dual engines, Hector worked during magic or tech. He didn't go very fast, especially during magic, but so far he hadn't stalled on me either. As long as our high-speed chases stayed under forty-five miles an hour, we would be all set. ~ Ilona Andrews

I‟m going to kill her," Francesca said to no one in particular. Which was probably a good thing, as there was no one else present.
"Who are you talking to?" Hyacinth demanded.
"God," Francesca said baldly. "And I do believe I have been given divine leave to murder you."
"Hmmph," was Hyacinth‟s response. "If it was that easy, I‟d have asked permission to eliminate half the ton years ago."
Francesca decided just then that not all of Hyacinth‟s statements required a rejoinder. In fact, few of them did. ~ Julia Quinn

Jen leaned around Sally and glared at her two best friends. "What are you two betting on?"
"Good grief. What, does she have eagle ears or something?"
"No you dork. Your whisper is just you talking in normal volume but making your voice raspy. Really, you sound more like a chick who's been smoking for thirty years." Jen shrugged. "I'm just throwing that out there. You can take it and apply it at your leisure."
Fane was chuckling at Jen's words when Jacque elbowed him, causing him to cough.
"You don't get to laugh, wolf-man." Jacque turned back to Jen. "Thank you for that observation, Sherlock. ~ Quinn Loftis

If the lot of you survives, Curran will fray the skin off your backs,' Doolittle said.
'That's what I always love about you, Doctor.' Raphael grinned. 'You're a cup-halfway-full kind of guy. All flowers and sunshine. ~ Ilona Andrews

She turned her face seaward to gather in an impression of space and solitude, which the vast expanse of water, meeting and melting with the moonlit sky, conveyed to her excited fancy. As she swam she seemed to be reaching out for the unlimited in which to lose herself. ~ Kate Chopin

That was the nature of history, of course: notional, partial, unknowable, a record made by the victors. ~ Kate Morton

The football season is like pain. You forget how terrible it is until it seizes you again. ~ Sally Quinn

Are we really so far from the Victorians? Much of what our society holds important was shaped in the 19th century. ~ Kate Williams

She doesn't make music, or create it. She is music. It flows through her as she plays and it's an incredible sight to behold. ~ Caisey Quinn

I often look at women who wear great jeans and high heels and nice little T-shirts wandering around the city, and I think, 'I should make more of an effort. I should look like that.' But then I think, 'They can't be happy in those heels.' ~ Kate Winslet

By loving the broken parts in you, I learn to love the broken parts in me. I learn that we are not broken after all. ~ Kate McGahan

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

So many people are afraid of the ending of their life on earth. Then there are others who are afraid of not being able to leave after their bodies have long failed them. There's nothing at all to be afraid of. Death is the last lesson in the school of life. It is the final stage of growth. Death is the one event that is designed to remove all of your remaining fears. Someday you will find that the things you were most afraid of, like death, were only illusions. ~ Kate McGahan

He watched my reaction to his every touch. My chest rose and fell with heavy breaths. Everything felt heavy and I succumbed under his potent gaze. What lay beneath was hellfire and I couldn't wait to tango with his demons. ~ Kate Stewart

Powerful men tire of their toys easily. And the novelty of a pet doesn't last forever. After a while even the prettiest things become ordinary. ~ Kate Jarvik Birch

The trip to Ireland ... ' her father was saying.
'Is to determine his legitimacy,' Wyndham confirmed. And then, with a morbidly jolly expression, he continued, 'It's going to be quite a party. Even my grandmother is going. ~ Julia Quinn

I would never write a sentence that didn't have a nice rhythm, or at least I wouldn't leave it to be published like that. It seems to me that prose mustn't be prosaic. ~ Kate Grenville

I'll be by your side through all of it. Every minute, good or hard. I want to be that man for you. I want to be there... I want our love story more than my selfish freedom. I want our life. ~ Kate Stewart

What's wrong with just talking? Isn't that why bars were invented? So you could talk to somebody over a drink - as opposed to sitting at home alone getting sloshed? ~ Kate Klise

When you're a mid-list writer, it pays to write fast. ~ Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

It's easy to fictionalize an issue when you're not aware of the many ways in which you are privileged by it. ~ Kate Bornstein

I hate the world sometimes," Anthea said. "The unfairness of it. I won't force you to see me if you don't want to - but nobody can stop me loving you, and I'll wait for you all my life if I have to. ~ Kate Saunders

He squinted up at the sky and quickly rose to his feet, sheathing his knife. "Rosie," he beckoned to her but kept his eyes on the shadows that hung low brushing the top of the keep. "Rosie, come inside. There's a storm almost ready to hit."
She skipped over to him and slumped her shoulders, but he teased a grin out of her the next moment. "I'll fill your bucket for you if you set up the blanket house with Maire."
She shoved the bucket into his hands and entered the house, sing-songing for her sister. ~ Kate Willis

After Marlee was born they rented videos and fell asleep in front of them. Now, like so much else in Jackson's world, videos were obsolete. ~ Kate Atkinson

As the weather improved, the bobms got worse. The newspapers said that the Kaiser was aiming to knock London down (although avoiding Buckingham Palace, so as not to hit his relations). ~ Kate Williams

Only in failure do you reach success. You can only get to the good stuff when you've done the hard stuff. ~ Kate Hudson

I'm just a simple guy. I love beer, sex, and hockey. I hate liars, Sting, and art that doesn't have people in it. - Luke Almeida ~ Kate Meader