Whatever complicated emotions I felt for him, I didn’t want to ruin the moment with my unfortunately stereotypical American ignorance of history and geography.
There are many things wealth cannot buy, and most of those are enumerated by philosophers who have never woken wondering if this day would be their last.
And Kushiel sends no punishment that we are not fit to bear.
Life goes on even at the worst of times, and there are some ways no one ever grows up, no matter how long they live or how many lifetimes
If the greatest danger one faces as a slave is displeasing one's masters, this is the second: pleasing them.
It's the same questions we ask of our existence, and the answer is always the same. The mystery lies not in the question nor the answer, but in the asking and answering themselves, over and over again...
Love child! What else? You will find it and lose it, again and again. And with each finding and each loss, you will become more than before. What you make of it is yours to choose.
There are ties that bind more complex than blood.
Quando l'Amore mi ha scacciata, è stata la Crudeltà ad avere pietà di me.
It’s not wise to trust a poet with one’s secrets, but it’s not wise to cross them, either,
She was oh, so very beautiful to me, and her strength and courage and daring vulnerability only made her the more so.
Ray bent his head toward her, and they smiled at each other, a pair of blissful ghouls in love.I might have felt sorry for them if the continued existence of their relationship didn't necessitate gene...
Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel.
Mothers have wept less, bidding farewell to their children. At least, mine certainly did.
In love, howsoever it is manifest, we are greater than the sum of our parts.
It is not wise to meddle with D'Angelines in matters of love.
I went to him unhesitatingly. He drew me against him, his lean body clad in black velvet doublet and breeches, with the de Morhban crest on his shoulder. I felt the dark tide of desire loose in my mar...
I cannot blame them, in truth, for desiring... But they were like children, who have only just begun to grasp the idea of a thing. And like children, they had no notion of laboring to create, but only...
You can’t separate the means from the cause, Brigitta. In theory, perhaps, but not in practice. We are dealing in realities here.
By morning, Joscelin was resigned. You know, betimes I think you are a little mad, Imriel no Montreve, he said to me in the courtyard outside the stable, holding the Bastard's reins.You never said tha...
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