“Nature had squandered an unreasonable quantity of male beauty on this undeserving creature.”

“Mysteries of attraction could not always be explained through logic. Sometimes the fractures in two separate souls became the very hinges that held them together.”

“Its impossible, he snapped. Why? Because Im Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent. I cant be celibate. Everyone knows that.”

“Ah, Evie, she heard him say softly, I must have a heart, after allbecause right now it aches like the devil.Only your heart? she asked ingenuously, making him laugh.He lowered her to the bed, his e...”

“Westcliff sees an odd sort of logic in why you would finally be the one to win St. Vincents heart. He says a girl like you would appeal tohmm, how did he put it?I cant remember the exact words, but...”

“Sebastian encountered Cam in the hallway outside the reading room. Where is he? he demanded without preamble. Stopping before him with an expressionless face, Cam said shortly, Hes gone. Why didnt ...”

“Creativity is the state of consciousness in which you enter into the treasury of your innermost being and bring the beauty into manifestation. (p.232)”

“Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”

“As if you were on fire from within.The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”

“Very few people believe in the devil these days, which suits the devil very well. He is always helping to circulate the news of his own death. The essence of God is existence, and He defines Himsel...”

“For you, my darlings, freedom to do what you like is the discovery of how unlikable what you like to do makes you. Not that that stops you doing what you like, since you like doing what you like mo...”

“All stories are lies. But good stories are lies made from light and fire. And they lift our hearts out of the dust, and out of the grave.”

“Men are so isolated, prisoners of their own wretched selves, that they can be unbelievably sociable.”

“It was male, of course; menace is always male. ("Nightmare")”