Julia Quinn Quotes

I'd rather kiss my best friend than kiss some random guy.

I have no problem if someone wants to hug me - if I know him!

My audience is like my family at this point.

Ask yourself if you would feel comfortable giving your two best friends a key to your house. If not, look for some new best friends.

When he first put his arms around me, it was tentative, like maybe he expected I'd pull away. When I didn't, he moved in closer, his hands smoothing over my shoulders, and in my mind I saw myself retreating a million times when people tried to do this same thing: my sister or my mother, pulling back and into myself, tucking everything out of sight, where only I knew where to find it. This time, though, I gave in. I let Wes pull me against him, pressing my head against his chest, where I could feel his heart beating, steady and true.

It was strange to be naked in front of anybody. It was like that cold water out there in the bay: scary, you didn’t think you could stand it, but then you plunged in and pretty soon you got used to it. There was enough hiding in life. Sometimes you just wanted to show somebody your tits.

There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.

I don't like to take my clothes off.

When you know someone you can make a little more fun of them without them getting offended.

A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.

Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.

I never felt I had the kind of relationship with Magic that I could just pick up the phone and call him at home.

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

When it's a love scene with someone you actually love, there's no feeling like, 'Can I touch him here? Can I touch him there?' You know what your boundaries are - or what they aren't, I suppose.

I can't really explain what it's like to be in love, but I feel like it's being comfortable. It's almost like having a best friend. It's a beautiful thing.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

After you've listened to it, you'll feel like you know us a little bit better.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

I've done nudity in lots of things before. It's something that's never particularly bothered me.

When you're really close to someone, they can make fun of you a lot and get away with it. But they sort of poke you in all of the right places.

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

I regard bed as my best friend.

Americans are so stiff when it comes to nudity. For me, I've always walked around the house naked. My husband, in real life, is like, 'Babe, could you just put some clothes on! Keep the mystery alive!'