“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...”

“He looked like a fallen angel, replete with all the dangerous male beauty that Lucifer could devise.”

“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 ...”

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

“Today I want to belong. I want to feel safe and at home. I want to be aware of what it is like simply to be, without defenses or desires. I will appreciate the flow of life for what it is-my own tr...”

“Nature reflects the moods of the wizard.”

“My calling ties me to no office, makes me no man's slave, compels me to no action which my soul condemns. It sets me free from town life, which I loathe; and allows me to breathe clean air, to exer...”