Married to the Viscount Quotes

“I won't remain in a marriage where you refuse to trust me, to take some chances for my sake.

Abigail Mercer”
― sabrina jeffries, Married to the Viscount

“I don't want her to know the truth about us."
"I'm merely going to explain to explain that I'm not Nathaniel's mistress."
"You can't talk about mistresses to a well-bred Englishwoman. It violates every propriety."
"To speak in a forthright manner violates propriety?" She rose to stare at him with thinly veiled amusements. "No wonder you English lost the colonies. What with all the lying and the 'propriety' and the evasions, how do you ever get anything done?"
As she crossed the box to sit down beside Evelina, he stared after her in fascinated amazement. Americans were mad—that’s all there was to it.”
― Sabrina Jeffries, Married to the Viscount

“So you find Miss Mercer beautiful?”
The buzzing in Spencer’s head formed the words, “’She walks in beauty like the night/Of cloudless climes and starry skies.’”
“My God, now you’re quoting poetry.”
Had he said that aloud? Bloody hell. Spencer brandished his empty mug at his brother. “I always quote verse when I’m foxed.”
“You must be very foxed to quote that idiot Byron. Or very impressed by Miss Mercer’s looks.”
― Sabrina Jeffries, Married to the Viscount

“Every person, young or old, risks the possibility of their life not turning out as planned. Especially when it comes to marriage. They might find they aren't suited for marriage after all. Or their spouses might die of an early illness. Taking a risk on another person is what marriage is all about.”
― Sabrina Jeffries, Married to the Viscount

“She would put her “naïve American optimism” toward making herself indispensable to him, and she’d win him. Because naïve American optimism beat out English cynicism any day.”
― Sabrina Jeffries, Married to the Viscount

“I wish you'd tell the truth, but since I know that isn't preferable--"
"The truth is always preferable, my dear. It's just not always wise.”
― Sabrina Jeffries, Married to the Viscount

“You're my guest, and hosts generally do feed their guests, you know."
Her natural ebullience returning, she flashed him an impish smile. "Even when their guests have landed them in a most delicate predicament?"
"Especially then. Well-fed guests make less trouble.”
― Sabrina Jeffries, Married to the Viscount