226 Quotes by Courtney Milan

So,” he said, “you think that I’m charming. You didn’t list that among my assets before.” “Of course you’re charming.” She didn’t look up. “I’m charmed. I’m charmed to my teeth.” There was a note in her voice that sounded so bitter that it almost tasted sweet. “You’re a force of nature, Your Grace,” she said. “But so am I. So am I.

Good thing he’s not your boyfriend, though, Tina. He’s so skinny, I think a condom would pop right off.

A ninnyhammer,” Jane said, “sounds like a magic hammer. One that I can use to smite ninnies. I have a great need for one of those.

The beautiful thing about marriage is the right it gives me to monogamy. One man intent on dictating my whereabouts is enough, wouldn’t you think?

Because even though you’ve been invisible to the entire world,” he said, “I have always seen you.

It reminded him of the cacophony of an orchestra as it tuned its instruments: dissonance, suddenly resolving into harmony. It was the rumble, not of thunder, but its low, rolling precursor, trembling on the horizon.

It’s called basic human decency, and I deserve no credit for doing what every man should.

Lucky you that you can plan and think and plot without pretense. That you can want openly, that you don’t have to stuff it all inside yourself to molder. Lucky you that you can lift your eyes to the sky without singeing your wings. Lucky you that you can consider the future without terror.

Decide if you want to change the world, or let the world change you.