Threatened men live long.
They returned to the gallery and circled its rim, then went down a short hall. Scrap's tail twitched angrily when they reached Tristan's door: it was shut. Daine grabbed the knob. It stung her hand, m...
The Nausea has stayed down there, in the yellow light. I am happy: this cold is so pure, this night so pure: am I myself not a wave of icy air? With neither blood, nor lymph, nor flesh. Flowing down t...
Staying sober is easy once you have been successful in healing the underlying conditions that were responsible for your dependency in the first place.
She really was pretty, for a grown-up, but when you are seven, beauty is an abstraction, not an imperative.
Sharing a room with the person you want most is like sharing a room with an open fire.He's constantly drawing you in. And you're constantly stepping too close. And you know it's not good--that there i...
Perhaps it is impossible to understand one's own face ... People who live in society have learned how to see themselves in mirrors as they appear to their friends. I have no friends. Is that why my fl...
My parents have always worried that I’d take Amy too personally — they always tell not to read too much into her, And yet I can’t fail to notice that whenever I screw something up, Amy does it right:...
Loki's green eyes flashed with anger and with admiration, for he loved a good trick as much as he hated being fooled.
Leave him alone! Debbie shouted.Shut up, please, or I'll kill you, Mr Tiny replied.
Il paziente, intanto, fece un bel respiro tutto da solo. Poi un altro. E un altro ancora. Poi quegli inquietanti occhi di diamante si posarono su di lei, e Jane smise di divincolarsi come soggiogata d...
If you’re looking for fast driving there’s a dragway in the southwestern part of the county. It opens next week.Do you race there? he asks.Yes. And I plan on spending a lot of time there over the next...
I resolved to come right to the point. Hello, I said as coldly as possible, we've got to talk.Yes, Bob, he said quietly, what's on your mind? I shut my eyes for a moment, letting the raging frustratio...
I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.
I lifted my head, my gaze meeting his. Wanting something doesn’t guarantee you will get it.A man can still hope.I’ve never had much room for hope.
I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love said Darcy.Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what isstrong already. But if it be only a slight, thin sort of inclinati...
I glared at him. I may not die now... but I'm going to die sometime. Every minute of the day, I get closer. And I'm going to get old.
His duchess caught the tip of her tongue between her teeth as she carefully poured warm water over his hair. Her lips were very pink. Plump, with a prominent Cupid's bow on the upper one. Her mouth gl...
He did not need to be distracted by a woman.A gorgeous woman, yes, but just a woman.He didn't understand her. That was the problem. She was beautiful but unaware of her beauty. She was rich but not gr...
From love's absolutism to love's absolution? No: I don't believe in the cosy narratives of life some find necessary, just as I choke on comforting words like redemption and closure. Death is the only...