Julia Quinn, The Viscount Who Loved Me

"This has to be the most self-centered thing I've ever said, but no, I think you just wanted to vex me."

"Anthony looked down at his evil clutches -- hands, he reminded himself, hands -- and grinned anew."

"Suddenly it was too hard to be in his presence, too painful to know that he would belong to someone else."

"Love's about finding the one person who makes your heart complete. Who makes you a better person than you ever dreamed you could be. Its about looking in the eyes of your wife and knowing all the way to your bones that she's simply the best person you've ever known."