I want your innocence. I want your blind, unquestioning devotion to your father, your acceptance of who and what he is. I want you to look at me the ….

She tilted her head to one side, considering him. "Do you love me?" "Love is a trick and a sham. A foolish plague and a lie and a torment." "Do you l….

If I am ever in the position where I wish to seduce someone I will simply assure her it’s better than rats..

Jesus, woman!" he snapped. "When did we have to become Romeo and Juliet?.

Who shot you?" For a moment he looked annoyed. "I fail to see what that's got to do with anything. Reading assures me that anyone who's ever met me w….

She raised her head finally. He looked the same, but then, he always did. She'd seem him kill twice, and he betrayed no reaction at all. He was a mon….

You tell anyone that I cried, and I'll cut your liver out." "Do you even know where a human liver resides?"[...] "Yes," she said, and punched him in ….

He was sound asleep, his long legs stretched out in front of him, the blessed fire blazing, an empty bottle of wine by his side. He hadn't been shave….

You'd be better served ifyou gave me a moment to regain my self-control and let me remove my boots. It's the least agentleman can do.""And you're suc….

And telling you I care about you is a waste of time. I wouldn't have crossed the ocean, come out of hiding, tracked you down, if you didn't matter to….

She had the underwear of a thirteen-year-old, as well, he thought. He glanced back at her. But the shoes of a courtesan..

I lied. I do that, you know, when it suits me. I would have thought you'd realized that by now..

She froze. He reached up and took her hand in his, pulling the knife away, making her drop it on the floor. "Show me how much you hate me," he whispe….

The best thing to do if you start thinking such things (falling in love) is to lie down and wait for it to pass. It always does..

If you lust after someone and have an absurd and overwhelming need to protect them, then the best way to deal with the situation is to marry the pers….

Do I make you nervous, Madame Lambert?” “No. I just prefer to keep my distance.” “Evil isn’t contagious.” “I thought you said you weren’t the most ev….

Lord save us, first you have a heart, now you have a god? Will wonders never cease?.

He pulled her back, off balance so that she fell against him, and he took her face in his two hands and held it very still while his eyes looked down….

After all, if spinster chaperons required their own spinster chaperons there simply wouldn't be enough to go around..

If we don't risk it all, we may as well not write at all..

You don't believe in God, Rachel. You don't believe in goodness or love or mercy, do you?" "I haven't seen enough to form an opinion." "But you belie….