Penelope Bridgerton Quotes

In three days," he continued, "I will be your husband. I will take a solemn vow to protect you until death do us part. Do you understand what that means?"
"You'll save me from marauding minotaurs? ~ Julia Quinn

I thought you wanted food," she gasped.
"I do," he murmured, tugging on the bodice of her dress. "But I want you more. ~ Julia Quinn

She had been born for this man, and she had spent so many years trying to accept the fact that he had been born for someone else ... ~ Julia Quinn

You're the only girl in the entire world that's forbidden, and fuck me if that doesn't make me want you more than anything. ~ Penelope Ward

Tate, you're mine, and I'm yours. Every day you're
going to realize that more and more. When you believe it without a doubt, then I'll have earned your
trust. ~ Penelope Douglas

True leaders serve the people. They have no power but what we lend, and what I give in good faith can be taken away." "The wealthy own my world." "Then it is broken. ~ Penelope Fletcher

Morality is seldom a safe guide for human conduct. ~ Penelope Fitzgerald

I try to eat healthily, but I love fried food and bad things. Give me a plate of bread, some oil and salt and I'm happy. But you can't eat like this all the time. ~ Penelope Cruz

The trouble with anyone when they're unhappy or in a relationship they recognize is not working but don't know what to do about is that they can't see farther out than that. If the relationship is not working, if what was there isn't there anymore, you have to do something about it. ~ Penelope Wilton

There are times when we can blame a situation on others, but we own our reactions to them. There comes a point where we are the ones responsible for our choices and excuses don't carry weight anymore. ~ Penelope Douglas

I have been hearing gossip and lies since I began working. When I was 17, I used to get very angry because I opened a magazine and I saw myself in a picture on a motorcycle, and the headline was, 'I'm getting married next month.' ~ Penelope Cruz

I had things with numbers - because I love numbers - but it's not something I'm proud of. I'm proud that I was able to send them away, because you're much more present. ~ Penelope Cruz

Okay. It's not hard to find a beautiful woman, right? Definitely not hard to find a smart woman. And there are definitely some women with good hearts. But in my experience, it's extremely rare to find the whole package. ~ Penelope Ward

We need to stop the dying and start the living; stop the hunger and start the hoping. ~ Penelope Cruz

I don't know why, but women in a hair salon share their deepest secrets. ~ Penelope Cruz

Grown-up people do very little and say a great deal ... Toddlers say very little and do a great deal ... With a toddler you cannot explain, you have to show. You cannot send, you have to take. You cannot control with words, you have to use your body. ~ Penelope Leach

Blake looked around and gulped. He'd forgotten about the mess on the floor. Chamber pot shards, his
shaving kit, a towel or two ...
"I ... ah ... " It seemed to him that it was far easier
to lie for the sake of national security than it was to his
older sister.
"Is that a bar of soap stuck to the wall?" Penelope asked.
"Um ... yes, it appears to be. ~ Julia Quinn

We could say we were young and stupid, but that excuse only lasts so long before you realize that you were selfish and just really big assholes." I ~ Penelope Douglas

Letting yourself be vulnerable isn't always a weakness. Sometimes it can be a conscious decision to draw the other person out. ~ Penelope Douglas

One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself. ~ Penelope Cruz

out of sight, out of mind, right? That motto is just a
temporary fix - until you're forced to come face to face with what you've been running from. That's when
the mental walls you've built to hide behind come crashing down in one hard blow. ~ Penelope Ward

In the end, there was you, and that made it all worth it ~ Penelope Ward

I want my son - and my kids, if I have more - to grow up in a way that is as anonymous as possible. The fact that his father and I have chosen to do the work that we do doesn't give anybody the right to invade our privacy. ~ Penelope Cruz

I wasn't thinking of Tom but of myself. And of a self who seemed to be mot 'me' but 'she.' An innocent, moving fecklessly through the days, knowing nothing, whom I saw now with awful wisdom ... I had hesitated to make this journey, had put it off year after year but had known always that eventually it must be undertaken. And, confronted at last with the mirage
with the shining phantom of that other time
I was surprised to find that it was myself that was the poignant presence. ~ Penelope Lively

Feeling one ought to apologize is not quite the same thing as saying 'I am sorry' -Penelope ~ Maryrose Wood

Getting to know someone else involves curiosity about where they have come from, who they are. ~ Penelope Lively

That is your choice so embrace the damnation. ~ Penelope Fletcher

Any book represents effort, struggle, work--I know, I write them myself--every book deserves attention, even if that ends with dismissal. ~ Penelope Lively

If my body had this kind of response now, what would have happened if he'd actually done more? Spontaneous impregnation? ~ Penelope Ward

Promise you'll never say no to me. Promise you'll never keep yourself from me. ~ Penelope Douglas

For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck. ~ Penelope Spheeris

And it's time you stop dickering around and accept yourself a suit." Penelope's eyes went wide. "You think I've been dickering around?" "Penelope, language. Please. ~ Sarah MacLean

I was worrying about the milk, about my children falling in love, about the creatures who crawled through the dark towards us, their ancestors, their loving assassins, breathing 'Why?' like a cold wind. ~ Penelope Mortimer

Do what you think you can't. ~ L. Penelope

All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself. ~ Penelope Lively

I didn't really belong to their group or any group for that matter. ~ Penelope Ward

There are so many designers that I love, and I'm so lucky that I get to work with so many of them and sometimes spend time with them. As an actress, you get to go to these events and wear their things - it's fun, but it is what it is. I don't put a lot of time into it, but I respect what they do. ~ Penelope Cruz

Temptation is natural. That doesn't mean you should act on it." He ~ Penelope Ward

I try to look at the whole thing and say 'yes' to the projects that I cannot stop thinking about. If I read a script and the subject stays with me - then that's when I want to go to work. ~ Penelope Cruz

He offered her his hand once more, and the wide, flat palm beckoned.
Hades, offering pomegranate seeds.
If she took it, everything would change. Everything would be different.
There would be no going back. Though, somewhere in her mind, she knew there was no going back anyway.
Clutching her dress together, she took his hand. ~ Sarah MacLean

I'm your friend forever, and if that's all I get, then that's what I'm taking because only when you are here...do I feel like my life is worth a damn ~ Penelope Douglas

It is of no concern. I don't mind that I am not universally adored. If I wanted everyone to like me, I'd have to be kind and charming and bland and boring all the time, and what would be the fun in that? ~ Julia Quinn

Melbourne, where I grew up, is one of the street art capitals of the world. Something about discovering freshly painted walls always fills me with optimism; it's autonomous and democratic, and reminds me that maybe people are paying attention after all. ~ Penelope Mitchell

Reading fiction, I see through the prism of another person's understanding; reading everything else, I am travelling--I am travelling in the way that I still can: new sights, new experiences. I am reminded sometimes of the intensity of childhood reading, that absolute absorption when the very ability to read was a heady new gain, the gateway to a different place, to a parallel universe you hadn't known was there. The one entirely benign mind-altering drug. ~ Penelope Lively

I refuse to cut the joy from the lives of others in fear I might lose my own. Only the former is definite, and may be controlled. The latter is up to fate. ~ Penelope Fletcher

Did you know that all the best people belong to country clubs? If you can afford the $75,000 fee to get in and if you don't mind people coming to check out your house and if you think it's OK to post your name in the clubhouse for approval from all the other members and you feel it is obscene to show your shoulders, you will definitely get in and be surrounded by the best people in town ~ Penelope Crowe

Does this hurt?" he asked. I brought my head up to look at him, but he wasn't looking at me. He was looking at Michael. I twisted my head, seeing Michael's mouth open a little, taking in quick, shallow breaths. "Yeah," he said in a low voice, his eyes meeting mine. "But you like it," I stated, feeling one of Kai's hands trail up my belly between us. "You like the sting. It turns you on. ~ Penelope Douglas

Eloise, whose mouth was as sharp as Hyacinth's (though thankfully tempered by some discretion), had
remarked that they had best get Hyacinth married off quickly or their mother was going to become an
alcoholic. Lady Bridgerton had not appreciated the comment, although she privately thought it might be
true. ~ Julia Quinn

You were always there... until you weren't anymore. Losing you taught me not to count on anyone but myself. It shaped who am I today... and that's not necessarily a good thing. ~ Penelope Ward

Those who are patient, plan. And beware the man with a plan. ~ Penelope Douglas