“Be dangerous, darling, for the whole world rises and falls at your feet.”

“I have a present for you. He raised his eye brows. I dont like your surprises. Youll like this one. Close your eyes.”

“Velvas face glowed in the streetlight. Sir Sun, dont you see? I am your violent violet. And you are mine.”

“The feel of her skin as she struggled beneath, the life inside, the death without. The breaching of life and death, of survival uncaged inside him: a dark beast with violence and sex in its soul. I...”

“Love is always worth the risks, even when, especially when, it scares you.”

“Velva wasnt merely a rose among the thorns, the lily of the valleys, she was Empress amongst the stars and planet.”

“There is no greater power than that of a laugh and happiness is a force which can save a person from the horrors of the world.”

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”

“And once you've been to this Center, this Truth, you'll know your way everywhere. You are never lost again.”

“The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love yo...”

“What Joab did not and could not know was that it was ego, and the ego of a king is just like the ego of anyone else. It is a social infection, entering each person as a psychological virus that is ...”

“I do not love men: I love what devours them.”

“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”

“Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore.”