“In the dead of night I stirred. Wakefulness flowed back into me. I was a cup full of sorrow, but that sorrow was stilled, like a pain that abates as long as one does not move.”

“Isn't it strange how wise counsel can cool the hottest head? He made sense but my heart screamed protest.”

“I found myself speaking softly as if I were telling an old tale to a young child. And giving it a happy ending, when all know that tales never end, and the happy ending is but a moment to catch one...”

“Be very chary of telling your hoarded secrets. Many lose all power once they have been divulged.”

“There would always be dishonorable things done to preserve the honor of any power.”

“What is a secret? It is much more than knowledge shared with only a few, or perhaps only one another. It is power. It is a bond. It is a sign of deep trust, or the darkest threat possible.... Be ve...”

“I want to take my time with you - to learn every inch of you. And this apartment has very, very thin walls. I dont want to have an audience he added as he leaned down again, brushing his mouth ove...”

“Linda Heavner Gerald received a silver medal for Fiction from FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association)”

“You can't escape an assasin," He leaned forward, shadows swallowing his eyes. "Hangings, bumbling bureaucrats, dishonest crewman, jail - those you can talk your way out of, you try hard enough. But...”

“I touch the tip of my finger to his lips. "There are secrets in here," I say. "I want them out."He tries to bite my finger.I steal it back.”

“She blew out a breath between gritted teeth. Sometimes I really want toa frustrated soundbite you! He froze. I might let you. I wont do it if youd enjoy it.”

“You dont see someone flying and you begin to bite yourself for not being able to do that. You do what you can.”

“No violence, gentlemen no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!”

“The Give and Take Athletic Association lived up to its name. The hall of the association in Orchard street was fitted out with muscle- making inventions. With the fibres thus builded up the members...”

“The referee told me this league has never had a brawl of that magnitude," said Mr. Penderwick after a long, painful silence. "Of course, at the time I was pretending to be a casual passerby and not...”