Maya Rodale Quotes & Sayings

If you fainted, I would catch you, my Lady Scandalous, he murmured. — Maya Rodale

Passion ought to be tempered with restraint. — Maya Rodale

Perhaps I shall take my fortune and retire to the country and read novels where other characters must bother with these sorts of troubles. — Maya Rodale

I cannot believe we had to read it in the paper - when we are your dearest school friends!" Lady Abernathy said sweetly.
"Yes, we were so close," Emma replied, just as sweetly. "Like England and China."
Lady Abernathy paused to puzzle over that. — Maya Rodale

What are you reading?"
She replied without once taking her eyes off the page. "I am reading the sort of sentimental novel men dismiss as rubbish but could actually stand to learn a thing or two from."
"That's an awfully long title," he remarked dryly. — Maya Rodale

Sometimes, you must play by the rules. If only so one can break them more effectively. — Maya Rodale

Did love really require grand gestures? Wasn't true love to be found in the little things, like holding one's hand or sitting comfortably around a gentle fire? — Maya Rodale

You must be the only woman in the whole entire world who is immune to the Ashbrooke Effect," Olivia said. "Amazing. You are a medical marvel."
"First of all, the Ashbrooke Effect is not an actual medical condition," Emma lectured, after another sip of her drink. "Secondly, I refuse to believe it even exists at all."
"I suffer from it even thinking out him," Olivia said. "My heart is fluttering and my skin feels hot. I must be blushing all over."
"That's probably all the sherry you've been drinking," Emma remarked. — Maya Rodale

I'm thinking, he said. To bed or not to bed his wife? That was the question. — Maya Rodale

You must have faith in the duke, and in true love."
She groaned. "Easy for you to say! You are not in a wedding dress laced so tightly as to make it impossible to breathe, uncertain if your groom will arrive before suffocating to death. Though perhaps that would be preferable to life after being jilted at the altar. — Maya Rodale

She knew he would like taking it off; he tended to prefer her dresses on the floor rather than on her person. — Maya Rodale

Of course we know that sexual promiscuity increases the likelihood of STIs, which is why we explore sexuality through romance - it's safer (and you don't have to shave your legs). — Maya Rodale

Like the world had met her low expectations. — Maya Rodale

There was something nice about a man who was absorbed by a good book. — Maya Rodale

But fools wil persist in their madness, will they not? — Maya Rodale

When a woman reads a romance novel, she is putting her own pleasure first. That small act of rebellion is perceived as a threat to the status quo. It's also why this eternally popular and profitable genre has been scorned, ridiculed and dismissed. — Maya Rodale

No, you are not because I am going to," Roxbury said darkly, probably still angry about those pesky rumors about his preferences. "How could you deny me that satisfaction?" she asked. "Very well, my dear wife, we shall seek and destroy the Man About Town together," Roxbury agreed. "That's the most romantic thing anyone has ever said to me," Julianna said sweetly, and her husband grinned. — Maya Rodale

Wealthy old woman + devious imagination - restraint = Aunt Agatha — Maya Rodale

When will your wedding be?"
"We haven't set a date yet."
"What of your dress?"
"I'm sure I shall wear one. — Maya Rodale

A picture began to emerge of a woman who possessed hope and optimism and gumption in spades in spite of wretched relatives and a world that never took much notice of her. — Maya Rodale

An English gentleman is someone who knows exactly when to stop being one. — Maya Rodale

A man didn't easily forget his last first kiss. — Maya Rodale

She was beautiful and had a way of manipulating a man with a terrifying combination of tears and seductive smiles. — Maya Rodale

The kind of trouble that was the downfall of many men. — Maya Rodale

The problem with longstanding friends
they felt utterly free to go too far and to enjoy every step they took over the line. — Maya Rodale

I take it back. You're not stupid. But damn, you are insane. — Maya Rodale

Romance novels feature nuanced portrayals of female characters having adventures, making choices, and accepting themselves just as they are. When we say these stories are silly and unrealistic, we are telling young girls not to expect to be the heroines in their own real lives. — Maya Rodale

Well, 'I'm sorry' is just a thing to say, you see. I'm trying not to be so apologetic and obsequious all the time. It's just such a habit ... — Maya Rodale

In which they are alone now and there doesn't seem to be anyone around. Sometime — Maya Rodale

He leaned against the door. Lord save her from men who leaned. — Maya Rodale

Fear drove people to do things they'd never imagine themselves capable of just to avoid it. — Maya Rodale

Before her, with sharp blue eyes and perfectly coiffed blond hair, was Josephine Marie Elizabeth Cavendish, Her Grace, the Duchess of Durham, widow of the fifth duke, and aunt to the Cavendish siblings.
One did not call her Josie. Amelia had asked. — Maya Rodale

What does wine do to men?"
"It makes them more foolish at a higher volume. — Maya Rodale

I hardly have any names on my dance card," Emma said, slightly despairing. This was not how she imagined her debut.
"There are just four names on mine," Olivia said. "But I think the gentlemen only agreed to escape my mother. I really can't blame them. — Maya Rodale

Women create an idealized, hopeful vision for the future to inspire other women. Fiction and fantasy are the crucial first steps to changing the world. — Maya Rodale

He drank, as a man is wont to do when confronted with his innermost emotions, particularly ones pertaining to the heart. — Maya Rodale

Anger will give you strength, where fear will make you weak. — Maya Rodale

If we are not married by within three months time, we shall be the first batch of spinsters in the history of the school," Olivia said in a small voice. "No one has ever ended their fourth season unwed. Except for us."
( ... )"In the one-hundred-year history of the school, it was bound to happen," Prudence said. "Mathematically speaking. — Maya Rodale