“That will solve nothing, my lord. His wife strode into the kitchen, stiff pride shining in her eyes. I told you to keep her in hand. Brodick glared at his cousin, wondering just when his life had t...”

“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.”

“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.”

“Is there shame in living off your fellow man or being unable to take care ofyourself? You bet. But a person whos willing to work and pay their own waycan at least take pride in that even if they ca...”

“A true encounter with the living God will break the spirit of religiosity, empty man of his pride and conform even the most vile and wicked into a living vessel for His glory.”

“He has come to the most dreadful conclusion a literary man can come to, the conclusion that the ordinary view is the right one. It is only the last and wildest kind of courage that can stand on a t...”