“I know Im not an easy She-dragon to. . not fear. Im not afraid of you, Ghleanna. Ive never been afraid of you. To be quite honest. . I think youre amazing. I always have. Since the first time you i...”

“Whats wrong with him?Nothing. Hes just. . just. . Just what?A peacemaker. And shed dropped her voice to a whisper. What would I do with a peacemaker? The same thing I did with a whore.”

“My father helped you with that. . that thing you do? Yes. Your father helped me with that peacemaking thing I do that keeps you happily killing for a living.”

“Please dont hug me. Please dont hug me.But she did. And now Bram had two sets of black eyes glaring at him.Finally, he said out loud, Its not me! I swear! Rhiannon laughed and leaned back from Bram...”

“You off then, Da? she asked.Aye. Too old for all this killing. And to prove that, her father turned and brought his axe down on the head of a traitor that had gotten too close. Spun once more and c...”

“A whore Ailean may have been, but a loving, caring whore who adored his offspring and mate.”

“Forever and ever, kid, until you're sick and tired of seeing me.”

“Falling into ruin was a bit like falling in love: Both descents stripped you bare and left you as you were at your core. And both endings are equally painful.”

“Never hold resentments for the person who tells you what you need to hear; count them among your truest, most caring, and valuable friends.”

“He had a charm about him sometimes, a warmth that was irresistible, like sunshine. He planted Saffy triumphantly on the pavement, opened the taxi door, slung in his bag, gave a huge film-star wave,...”

“He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father.”

“1. I think what haunts many people in the world is to lose something they love, something they value, and someone they care for, for me it was my father, I was losing him when I met him. I felt lif...”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”