𝐿𝒪𝑅𝒟 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝒟𝒢𝐸𝑅𝒯𝒪𝒩

These quotes are all taken from the novel “The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue” by Mackenzi Lee (plus a few from the two sequels). Some edits were made for clarity. Change pronouns etc. as needed. Tigger warning for strong & suggestive language.

“We are not broken things, neither of us.” 

“We are cracked pottery mended with lacquer and flakes of gold, whole as we are, complete unto each other.”

“There is life after survival.” 

Perspective is a goddamn son of a bitch.”

“We’re not courting trouble. Flirting with it at most.” 

“Hold on, are you keen on all this cultural shite?”

“God, this is going to be a disaster.” 

“You will grow weary of that, you know. Fornication with strangers in piss-rank alleyways loses its bittersweet charm with time.” 

“Ladies haven’t the luxury of being squeamish about blood.“

“I suppose I thought it was going to be you and me.” 

God bless the book people for their boundless knowledge absorbed from having words instead of friends.”

No one calls a girl spirited or opinionated or intimidating or any of those words you can pretend are complimentary and means it to be. They’re all just different ways of calling her a bitch.”

“Everyone has a rough go. I’ve had it far easier than most people.”

“Trying to escape undetected, are we?”

“Poetry is the most embarrassing art form. I can sort of understand why all the poets off themselves.”

“I swear to God, I shall never speak to you again.”

“is this just a laugh to you?”

“Right, I forgot you’ll kiss anything with a mouth.” 

“Excess is not flattering.” 

“I don’t need you to stand up for me - I can do that.” 

“Can’t you put in some effort? Please?” 

“Now, next time someone takes a swing at you, you swing straight back at them, all right?”

“We can’t all have the luxury of not caring what people think of us.” 

“I’m usually very good at parties. I think it’s the party’s fault.” 

“Aren’t you tired of this - aren’t you tired of being this person?”

“Love is not a thing you survive upon. You can’t eat love.” 

“You deserve to be here. You deserve to exist. You deserve to take up space in this world.” 

“I would’ve left me long ago. Kicked me into a ditch and been done.”

I’m an emotional delinquent and I say wrong things all the time, but I want to be better for you. I promise that.”

“I want to stop picking at life like it’s a meal I don’t want to eat, because I want to. I want to taste it all.”

“I’ve had this whole speech worked out in my head - I’ve been planning this for weeks, waiting for a moment on our own-”

“Books can be loud, if you know how to listen to them.”

“Hypothetically defending my honor. I’m touched.” 

“That is what you do when you … for your friends.”

“When you love someone you stand by him. Even if he’s being a bit of a rake.” 

“If you go behind my back, I swear to God I’ll murder you, then alchemically raise you from the dead so I can murder you again”

“I’d like you to remember how much you adore me and how dull your life would be without me in it.”

“Do you ever want to not be yourself? Just for a night?”

“I understand what it’s like to feel like you’ll never see the sun again. But you can learn to see in the dark. Or, if not, you trust that night doesn’t last forever.”

“I wasn’t sure you had it in you to truly care for anyone.” 

below are starters from the second book in julia quinn’s bridgerton series, the viscount who loved me. feel free to change pronouns/plurals/etc. however you’d like!