Top 30 Julianne Donaldson Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The decision is not mine to make,” Philip said. “I promised Meg to Miss Marianne for the duration of her visit. You will have to ask her.”

— Julianne Donaldson

2. “It was wild and dark and grand and tall and fierce and haunting all at once. And it thrilled me to the core. It thrilled me and it frightened me, for it whipped at my carefully closeted heart, much as the wind had whipped at my hair and skirts and sent my bonnet tumbling.”

— Julianne Donaldson

3. “You are brave and loyal and true. You have such a good heart.” He held my hand close to his chest and covered it with his other hand. “It is only afraid. But I would take such good care of it, love, if you would give it to me.”

— Julianne Donaldson

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4. “Don’t let others expectations direct the course of your life.”

— Julianne Donaldson

5. “I would rather have sunshine and wind and sky adorn my head than a handsome bonnet.”

— Julianne Donaldson

6. “Words alone were ambiguous, unreliable. But what could be reliable, if not words.”

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7. “His arms surrounded me, pulling me close, holding me as if I was infinitely precious. I burned and trembled in his embrace.”

— Julianne Donaldson

8. “I long to touch your blushing cheek, to whisper in your ear how I adore you, how I have lost my heart to you, how I cannot bear the thought of living without you.”

— Julianne Donaldson

9. “I felt a crack in my defenses – a weak place where truth knifed and twisted and pried for an opening.”

— Julianne Donaldson

10. “I stood up, suddenly very upset, and took a step away from him. Philip grabbed the hem of my gown. “Wait,” he said, laughing. I looked down at him, my hands clenched into fists. “Please don’t leave,” he said, a cajoling smile turning his lips up charmingly. “I won’t do it again.” Well, at least he knew why I was upset. But the idea of him not doing it again? Hah! I raised an eyebrow in deep skepticism. “In the next five minutes,” he added with a chuckle.”

— Julianne Donaldson

11. “I promise not to love you for your misfortunes.”

— Julianne Donaldson

12. “Did he hurt you?” The emotion I was trying to suppress clawed at my throat, unleashed by the gentleness in Philip’s voice. Without warning, a tear slipped down my cheek. I swiped it away.”

— Julianne Donaldson

13. “Isn’t that what a gentleman does? Rescues a damsel in distress?”

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14. “I think of marriage differently. A Companionship of like minds. A tie that binds, yes, but in the binding comes strength. A lifetime with your dearest friend as your truest and best companion. That is what it can be. I believe that.”

— Julianne Donaldson

15. “He looked heavenward with a sigh. “Are you always this stubborn?” I thought about it for a moment. “Yes, I think I am.” Philip’s expression wavered between exasperation and amusement. Amusement won with a reluctant laugh.”

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16. “I will always want her,” Philip said in a quiet, furious voice. “Always! There is nothing you could do to change that.”

— Julianne Donaldson

17. “I thought you said he didn’t hurt you.” His voice was harsh. When he looked into my eyes, my heart turned over. He looked angry and rather dangerous, and all the more handsome for it.”

— Julianne Donaldson

18. “Where is your compassion when i need it most? Open your eyes, love, and see what is right before you: that I am not merely a friend, but a man deeply, desperately, in love with you.”

— Julianne Donaldson

19. “Of course, one must always take into consideration the modestly of the lady. Too subtle and she may miss your meaning all together. Too strong, and she may never look you in the face again.”

— Julianne Donaldson

20. “Passion is a fire that burns and leaves nothing standing in its wake. It is illogical and unreasonable. Love is the downfall of men and the entrapment of women. It is a cage that once one enters, one can never escape.”

— Julianne Donaldson

21. “Even more than a heart, hope was a necessary traveling companion.”

— Julianne Donaldson

22. “He held my gaze for a long moment. I realized that the fire was very warm, and that I was standing very close to a very handsome gentleman who held my hand in his. Philip looked down. “You brave girl,” he murmured, running a light finger along my palm. It was so soft a touch that it did not hurt at all. But it did send a wave of feeling through my hand, up my arm, all the way to my heart. I had never experienced such a sensation before, and I found it completely unnerving.”

— Julianne Donaldson

23. “Don’t think because I like to tease you that I don’t take you seriously,” he said in a quiet voice. “It is an honor to know what’s in your heart, Marianne.”

— Julianne Donaldson

24. “Are you ready for your lesson in romance?” Philip asked with a teasing gleam in his eye.”

— Julianne Donaldson

25. “If I leaned toward him, something would happen. I was sure of it. But if I leaned away, nothing would happen. So I stayed perfectly still, balanced between something and nothing, not knowing which way I wanted to fall.”

— Julianne Donaldson

26. “How could you not know that there is nothing in the world I want as much as I want you?”

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27. “You needn’t believe in something for it to be real, miss.”

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28. “But what is the heart of a man, if not his actions? His words? The way he interacts with the world around him? That is the measure of a man. That is why a gentleman should always be polite, helpful and respectful, honorable and true. A gentleman is held to a higher standard in the world because he has been given so much. It is a gentleman’s duty in life to improve the world around him, to make it a better place because of his influence.”

— Julianne Donaldson

29. “They both used smiles to hurt, to deceive, to injure. The smile she used on me at this moment was sharp and cruel, cutting at me like a quick knife.”

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30. “His voice was so soft and husky, like a caress. Something shivered within me. “Even now, after all these years, I am at a loss. But on that day I promised myself that if I ever found you drowning – if I ever found you in need of saving – that I would do anything in my power to help you.”

— Julianne Donaldson

31. “I didn’t want to face what could potentially break my heart.”

— Julianne Donaldson

32. “I wonder what you will do with your wings once you have found them. I wonder how far away they will take you. And I fear them, for my sake, at the same time that I hope for them, for yours.”

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33. “She was too good. I wanted to hate her, yet to hate her would be a greater condemnation of my own faults than of hers.”

— Julianne Donaldson