We Burn for These Quotes from 'Bridgerton' Seasons 1, 2 and 3

Colin and Penelope in 'Bridgerton' Season 3

Actions might normally speak louder than words, but in Bridgerton, the dialogue—and sometimes even a look—can be just as swoon-worthy and titillating as the period drama's steamy love scenes themselves. Case in point: "I burn for you." Among other Bridgerton quotes, these four words of passion uttered in Season 1 left us burning for a love like Simon and Daphne's—but it's not the only quote that's set our hearts aflutter these past three seasons. From Lord Anthony Bridgerton and Kate Sharma to Penelope Featherington and more characters from the Netflix series, we've rounded up more than 75 romantic, inspiring, empowering and, of course, memorable Bridgerton quotes.

75+ Bridgerton Quotes

Bridgerton Quotes from Season 3 Part I

1. "What's happening out there cannot be as important as what's happening down here." — Lord Anthony Bridgerton

2. "A diamond is precious precisely because it is rare." — Queen Charlotte

3. "I seek you out at every social assembly because I know you will lift my spirits and make me see the world in ways I could not have imagined." — Colin Bridgerton

4. "I do not fear change. I embrace it." — Lady Whistledown

5. "Pen, living for the estimation of others is a trap. Once you break free, the world opens up." — Colin Bridgerton

6. "Your eyes, are the most remarkable shade of blue. Yet, somehow, they shine even brighter when you are kind." — Penelope Featherington

7. "In those moments alone, as my fingers trace freckles from cheek to collarbone, or as I watch the way starlight dances across skin, I marvel at how one can feel such intimacy, but also such great distance." — Colin Bridgerton

8. "Away with clothes." — Will Mondrich

9. Colin Bridgerton: "I have not been able to sleep, not been able to eat. I can barely speak these days. My entire thoughts consumed by."

Penelope Featherington: "By what?"

Colin Bridgerton: "By our kiss. By you."

10. "You occupy my every thought." — Penelope Featherington

11. "But it is tiring, is it not? The necessity imposed on us to remain cavalier about the one thing in life that holds genuine meaning." — Colin Bridgerton

12. "But living to please others? I imagine it can be wearying at times. Painful, perhaps. So, I do not blame you for putting on armor lately. But you must be careful that the armor does not rust and set so that you might never be able to take it off." — Violet Bridgerton

13. "Well, for what it is worth, sometimes a fire is slow to burn." — Lord Marcus Anderson

14. "I am not a man of many words. And the words I do have, I am afraid they are not very good. But, I do believe in the power of a gesture." — John Stirling

15. "And when one chooses the heart over the head, often all reason goes out of the window. But the body has a way, indeed, of knowing most what it needs." — Lady Whistledown

16. "It is my business because I care about you." — Colin Bridgerton

17. "I have spent so long trying to feel less, trying to be the kind of man society expects me to be. And for a moment, I thought I had succeeded. But these past few weeks have been full of confounding feelings. Feelings like a total inability to stop thinking about you. About that kiss. Feelings like dreaming of you when I'm asleep. And in fact, preferring sleep because that is where I might find you. A feeling that is like torture, but one which I cannot, will not, do not want to give up." — Colin Bridgerton

18. "I'd very much like to be more than friends. So much more." — Penelope Featherington

Bridgerton Quotes from Season 2

1.  "It is not a man's appearance or title that will woo you. It is his mind and spirit that will court yours." — Kate Sharma

2. "You are the bane of my existence and the object of all my desires." — Lord Anthony Bridgerton

3. "What is it, truly, to admire a woman? To look at her and feel inspiration. To delight in her beauty, so much so that all your senses crumble that you would willingly take on any pain, any burden for her. To honor her being with your deeds and words. That is what the true poet describes." — Benedict Bridgerton

4. Daphne Bridgerton: "If you say she is the one in whose presence you cannot properly think or even breathe. If you say you feel that feeling."
Lord Anthony Bridgerton: "Feeling? What-"
Daphne Bridgerton: "The one that makes it impossible for you to look away from them at any given moment. When your body and soul feel as if they could burst into flames whenever the two of you are near. When all you are able to do in their presence is to fight the urge to lean forward and touch their lips with yours."

5. "Words of flattery are beautiful and sweet, but they are also hollow unless accompanied by action." — Lord Anthony Bridgerton

6. "I have loved. I have lost. I have earned the right to do whatever I please, whenever I please, and however I please to do it." — Lady Danbury

7. "A man who knows what he wants is most admirable." — Edwina Sharma

8. "Should a woman not be valued for so much more than her dancing skills or her comportment? Should we not value a woman instead for her candor, her character, her true accomplishments?" — Lady Whistledown

9. "Edmund was the air that I breathed. And now there is no air." — Lady Violet Bridgerton

10. "You are a boy caught up in his own fantasies. In truth, I once thought that would be enough to save me from my reality. But what I learned is, I do not need saving in that way. What I need is to face up to my life and make my own practical decisions." — Marina Thompson

11. "It is a very powerful thing to meet someone and feel that you know them in a way unlike any other." — Mary Sharma

12. "I know some men cannot perform without their familiar tools. Like a child with a blanket." — Kate Sharma

13. "After passion cools and fate intervenes, who else is a woman left with but herself?" — Lady Danbury

14. "All I find myself thinking about, all I find myself being able to breathe for...is you." — Lord Anthony Bridgerton

15. "When you cast me out, what you did was set me free." — Mary Sharma

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16. "Do you think there is a corner of this earth that you could travel to far away enough to free me from this torment? I am a gentleman. My father raised me to act with honor, but that honor is hanging by a thread that grows more precarious with every moment I spend in your presence." — Lord Anthony Bridgerton

17. "I did not ask for this. To be plagued by these feelings. Hiding from my sister. Being driven to distraction every time you enter the room." — Kate Sharma

18. "We are not all guaranteed a fairy-tale ending." — Marina Thompson

19. "True love is something else entirely. It is when the rest of the world goes quiet. It is not eyes that meet, but souls that dance. Settle into each other. Make room for each other. Until there is nowhere else to hide." — Kate Sharma

20. "It should not be a luxury, but a right to choose, to fight for the family that you want." — Daphne Bridgerton

21. "I am certain you will find your purpose one day. Everyone must eventually." — Penelope Featherington

22. "I may not know exactly what true love feels like, but I certainly know what it is not. It is not deception or wandering eyes or a role to be fulfilled." — Edwina Sharma

23. "A whisper is relevant for only as long as it is spoken, but a paper represents more. It physical form grants permanence. The same cannot be said of true love, of course.It changes. It forgets. It forces you to remember who you once were and it forces you to choose how you will live with it again and again." — Queen Charlotte

24. "My purpose will challenge me to be brave and witty. My purpose will propel me far beyond the watching glare of my mama. My purpose shall set me free." — Penelope Featherington

25. "I happen to believe a lady's business is her own." — Madame Delacroix

26. "Straight into the fire, a favorite pastime of mine." — Lady Danbury

27. "Men often take time to realize their culpability in such matters. It is quite the privilege, is it not?" — Mary Sharma

28. "It is because I have never met anyone like you. It is maddening. How much you consume my very being."  — Lord Anthony Bridgerton

29. "I think you will find there is no greater pleasure than enjoying your home alone with your family, with your husband as long as you choose the right one." — Daphne Bridgerton

30. "I would undoubtedly feel the same pain I felt all over again if I had to because real, true love is worth it." — Lady Violet Bridgerton

31. "Imposter party of two?" — Benedict Bridgerton

32. "Love is not something that is ever owed." — Mary Sharma

33. "The only thing that would disappoint me is seeing you starting to care what anyone else thinks. That would not be you." — Lady Violet Bridgerton

34. "Just keep looking at me. No one else matters."  — Lord Anthony Bridgerton

35. "I love you. I've loved you from the moment we raced each other in that park. I've loved you at every dance, on every walk, every time we've been together and every time we've been apart. You do not have to accept it, you do not have to embrace it, or even allow it. Knowing you, you probably will not. But, you must know it, in your heart. You must feel it because I do. I love you." — Lord Anthony Bridgerton

36. "I know I am imperfect, but I will humble myself before you because I cannot imagine my life without you." — Lord Anthony Bridgerton

Bridgerton Quotes from Season 1

1. "If you desire the sun and the moon all you have to do is go out and shoot at the sky. Some of us cannot.” — Eloise Bridgerton

2. "Why settle for a Duke when one can have a Prince?" — Lady Whistledown

3. "To meet a beautiful woman is one thing, but to meet your best friend in the most beautiful of women is something entirely apart.” — Simon Basset

4. “Just because something is not perfect, does not make it any less worthy of love.” — Daphne Bridgerton

5. "There are perhaps darker turns in these woods than we've been taught to expect. There is light to be found at their end." — Daphne Bridgerton

6. “If I were truly courting you, I would not need flowers, only five minutes alone with you in a drawing room.” — Simon Basset

7. "We chose to love each other, every single day. It is a choice, dearest. One that is never too late to make." — Lady Violet Bridgerton

8. "It is you I cannot sacrifice." — Daphne Bridgerton

9. "I am yours, Daphne, I have always been yours." — Simon Basset

10. “However difficult forgiving someone may be, it is necessary to move forward.” — Lady Violet Bridgerton

11. “I burn for you.” — Daphne Bridgerton

12. "You wish to follow your heart and I wish to nurture my mind.” — Eloise Bridgerton

13. "I cannot stop thinking of you. From the mornings you ease, to the evenings you quiet, to the dreams you inhabit, my thoughts of you never end." — Simon Basset

14. “Romance was entirely out of the question for both of us. But in so removing it we found something far greater. We found friendship.” — Simon Basset

15. “You must promise me that when you step into the light you will be worthy of the attention you command.” — Lady Danbury

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16. "I love all of you. Even the parts that you believe are too dark and too shameful. Every scar. Every flaw. Every imperfection. I love you.” — Daphne Bridgerton

17. “I risk my life everyday for love. You have no idea what it is like to be in a room with someone you cannot live without and yet still feel as though you are oceans apart." — Sir Henry Granville

18. "You are wise or perhaps unusually lucky to understand friendship to be the best possible foundation a marriage can have." — Queen Charlotte

19. "It is most natural. Much in the way that rain soaks a field in autumn and in spring, flowers grow." — Lady Violet Bridgerton

20. “Be it shame or slander, seduction or smear, there is but one thing that humbles even the most highly regarded members of our dear ton…a scandal!” — Lady Whistledown

21. "It takes courage to live outside the traditional expectations of society." — Sir Henry Granville

22. “Pride, your grace, it’ll cost you everything and leave you with nothing. You must not allow it to happen to you too.” — Lady Danbury

23. “There other things. Physical. Or perhaps intangible that bring a couple together." — Daphne Bridgerton

24. "Whistledown is a woman, therefore she has nothing, and still she writes. You're a man, therefore you have everything. You are able to do whatever you want. So do it. Be bold." — Eloise Bridgerton

25. "My thoughts of you never end."— Simon Basset

26. "I must confess, I have felt more chemistry when being fitted at the modiste." — Daphne Bridgerton

27. "I'm here because I miss you. I cannot think of anything else." — Lord Anthony Bridgerton

28. "Why must our only options be to squawk and settle or to never leave the nest? What if I want to fly?" — Eloise Bridgerton

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