As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delights of presence best known by the torments of absence.

A diamond only truly appreciates pressure the day it begins to shine.

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

Who are you? She asked silently, as she laid away the collector's quotations, his drawings, his scraps of famous poetry: Come live with me and be my love... interleaved with menus: 'oysters, fish stew...

They call me Baelon the Brave, the prince told his wife at her bedside, but I would sooner fight a dozen battles than do what you’ve just done.

The thing had woken him up as usual, an alarm clock. as reliable and stiff off the ground as Big Fucking Ben. [John Matthew]

Sleep tight, ya morons!

She gasped again and opened blue eyes lit with erotic mischief. Are you trying to steal the reins from me?Even with his penis buried deep within her, even moments from climax, he arched an eyebrow. Yo...

Raising the flag and singing the anthem are, while somewhat suspicious, not in themselves acts of treason.

It was Will, filling the doorway with his lanky, broad-shouldred frame. His blue eyes where thunderous. What are you doing here? he demanded.So much for the brief peace they had achieved the night bef...

If you need help bark like a dog. - Gendry. That's stupid. If I need help I'll shout help. - Arya

If love were food, I would have starved on the bones you gave me

If I had my way, Dionysus said, I would cause your molecules to erupt in flames. We'd sweep up the ashes and be done with a lot of trouble. But Chiron seems to feel this would be against my mission at...

I've heard it said that God is in the details. It's the same with the truth. Leave out the details, the crucial heart, and you can damn someone with the bare bones of it.

I look at the Augusteum,and I think that perhaps my life has not actually been so chaotic, after all. It is merely this world that is chaotic, bringing changes to us all that nobody could have anticip...

His name was Rambo, and he was just some nothing kid for all anybody knew, standing by the pump of a gas station at the outskirts of Madison, Kentucky.

He knew he was sounding a little Holden Caulfield-esque calling everyone a phony, but he really did think everyone was a phony.

For God's sake, if you mated bastards don't stop going apeshit like this, then I'm going to start shooting you.Remind me not to tell Jonas if I get infected, Lawe murmured to Rule.Better yet, don't ge...

Father . . . , Gabriel began. Father is a worm.Will gave a short laugh. He was in gear as if he had just come from the practice room, and his hair curled damply against his temples. He was not looking...

Farah looked freaked out until Tawny hugged her and the tension faded from her face. A minute later, the table cloth lifted and Bailey appeared with beer bottles in her hands. I figured you’d need boo...