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Category: Lauren Willig

My own inclination is to skew towards humor. They say that some people view life as a comedy, others as a tragedy. Me? Comedy all the way.

Life, Me, Tragedy

LIPID (Last Idiot Person I Dated) syndrome: a largely undiagnosed but pervasive disease that afflicts single women.

historical-fiction, humor, mystery, romance-novels

It would be, like all of Pammy’s parties, hot and crowded and filled with impossibly glamorous people with hip bones so sharp they could qualify as concealed weapons.

historical-fiction, humor, mystery, romance

It is a truth universally acknowledged that one only comes up with clever, cutting remarks long after the other party is happily slumbering away.

historical-romance, humor, mystery, paraphrased

Tell them I have the headache–no, the plague! I need something nice and contagious.

historical-romance, humorous-quotations, mystery

This was what the poets couldn’t put in their poetry, she thought dumbly, the rush of desire so fierce and pure it made one shake, all on the force of a word.

They were close enough that he could feel the hurried beat of her heart. He could feel Charlotte’s indecision in every word she didn’t say and every move she didn’t make. She was tense with uncertainty, quivering with irresolution. She might not be leaning into him, but she wasn’t pulling away, either.

kissing, night-jasmine, uncertainty

Word of advice, sister mine. If you want to keep your papers private, don’t write ‘Private’ on the cover. It set the mater right off. It was all I could do to stop her sniffing around like some great sniffing thing.

funny, funny-quotes, humor, turnip

Turning to Turnip, Miss Dempsey said, ‘Do you think?’. ‘As little as I can,’ Turnip replied honestly.

funny, funny-quotes, humor

He admired her for throwing off her aristocratic shackles — his terms, that — and making her own way in the world.He didn’t realize that the truth was so much more complex, so much less impressive. She had less thrown than been thrown.

Amy wondered if Bonaparte could declare war on Miss Gwen alone without breaking his peace with England

bonaparte, historical-fiction, lauren-willig, spy

Such kindness wasn’t a gift but a goad, scraping against one’s skin like a yoke of thorns. She would have preferred him stiff, defensive, even offensive.

goad, kindness, love, men, pride