“Hot, hard and so thick that her fingertips didn't meet when she closed her hand around him.”

“Minas mouth dropped open, and he bent his head as if to kiss her. She jammed her gun barrel under his chin. He grinned.”

“Yes. I rememb”

“A jagged stone existed where her heart had been.”

“His gaze settled on her mouth. Have you been kissed before, inspector?Why? If he wanted virgin lips, shed claim to have serviced an army.If its your first, Ill do it differently.You wont do it at a...”

“His dark gaze searched her face. Arent you curious, inspector? A kissand only a kiss.Only a kiss . . . from someone who wanted her. Longing slipped through her, tugging at hopes best kept buried. Y...”

“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.”

“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”

“Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.”

“Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewohnheiten.”