The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever Quotes

“She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“Now I want you to listen to me," he said in a low voice, taking her chin in his hand and forcing her to look at him. "And listen carefully, because I'm only going to say this once. You are going to marry me before this week is out. Since you have conveniently run off to Scotland, we don't need a special license. You're just lucky I don't haul you off to a church right this instant. Get yourself a dress and get yourself some flowers, because, sweeetheart, you're getting yourself a new name.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“Turner let his face fell into his hands. "I'm never going to touch her again", he moaned.
"He's never going to touch me again!" they heard Miranda roar.
"Well,it doesn't look like you'll have much argument from your wife on that point", Olivia chirped.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“Oh, very well, do you want to know why I really think you should keep a journal?"
She nodded.
"Because someday you're going to grow into yourself, and you will be as beautiful as you already are smart.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“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.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“He looked down at the first entry.
2 MARCH1810
Today I fell in love.
A tear welled up in his eye. “Me too, my love. Me too.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“I just -- I know my own heart and I love you, Turner. And if you have even the tiniest shred of decency, you'll say something because I've said everything I possibly can, and I can't bear the silence, and -- oh for heaven's sake! Will you at least blink?"
He couldn't even manage that.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“And then what would she say? I just told your brother that I love him, and I'm afraid that he hates me? I can't be alone with Turner because I'm afraid he might ravish me? I can't be alone with Turner because I'm afraid I might ravish him.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“Miranda was nineteen. Her experience with men consisted of Winston and himself. Both of whom had
heretofore been brotherly figures. The poor girl must be confused as hell. Winston had suddenly decided
that she was Venus, Queen Elizabeth, and the Virgin Mary all rolled into one,and Turner had all but
forced himself on her. Not exactly an average day in the life of a young country miss”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“Oh, very well, do you want to know why Ireally think you should keep a journal?”
She nodded.
“Because someday you’re going to grow into yourself, and you will be as beautiful as you already are
smart. And then you can look back into your diary and realize just how silly little girls like Fiona Bennet
are. And you’ll laugh when you remember that your mother said your legs started at your shoulders. And
maybe you’ll save a little smile for me when you remember the nice chat we had today.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“Full lips are better for kissing.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“I've always thought that violet ribbons look especially nice with brown hair.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“He did things to her, she realized. Strange, shivery things that left her breathless. He need only to look at her—not in his usual, conversational way, but to really look at her, to let his eyes settle on hers, deeply blue and insightful, and she felt naked, her soul bared.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“Get yourself a dress and get yourself some flowers, because, sweetheart, you’re getting yourself a new name.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“Baiting her was great fun. And he didn’t feel the least bit guilty for it. For all her disgruntled behavior, he had no doubt that she enjoyed the verbal sparring every bit as much as he did.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“pelisse”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“It wasn’t when his hands had gone ’round her upper arms to steady her.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“I suppose that’s what makes something art. What can send one person into raptures may fail to move another even the tiniest bit.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“Unrequited love, she was discovering, was much worse when one actually saw the object of one’s desire.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“Of course, handsome is as handsome does, and so many well-formed people have ill-formed minds.”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

“I think it was your language,” Miranda said mildly. “She said most of them were idiots, too.” “That is not at all what I said,” Olivia put in. “I said they were bores.” “Sheep,” Miranda confirmed. “Goats,” Olivia added with a shrug. Turner began to look alarmed. “Good God, do the two of you speak your own language?”
― Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever