She knew that upon closer inspection Gabriel would make a lousy poker player. He had too many tells, too many ways he revealed his inner turmoil. He shut his eyes when he was close to losing his tempe...
She knew it was consonant with his character to be the avenging angel.
No voy a coquetear con mi edad ni a jugar a las adivinanzas.
No te avergüences de aceptar un regalo si te lo ofrecen sin contrapartidas. (...) Cuando no hay contrapartidas y un regalo se ofrece de corazón, no hay nada vergonzoso en aceptarlo.
No one deserves mercy. Not deserving it is what makes it mercy.
No digo que se lo merezcan. Y no te pido que olvides ni que finjas que no ocurrió nada. Sólo te pido que lo pienses.
Los planes son sólo eso, planes. Pero la vida no siempre les hace caso.
Julia’s heart nearly cracked under the weight of her realization that her love had not healed him.
Julianne, he didn’t…force you, did he?She hung her head. No, Gabriel. I’m a virgin.He paused for a moment, exhaling slowly. You would be a virgin even if he had forced you. You would be a virgin to me...
Julianne, I love you with all four loves. But tonight is a celebration of eros
He searched her face for any sign of sarcasm but saw none. Her shoulders were hunched, and her head was down. He’d made his little rose wither. Any blossoming had now been completely undone.
He has a heart, somewhere, underneath everything else. I know, I saw it once.
Estaba alabando su belleza y su bondad, comparándola con una perla y declarando que el Amor, en mayúsculas, se reflejaba en su rostro.
Dime lo que deseas. La noche es tuya. Puedes ordenarme lo que quieras.—No quiero ordenarte nada —respondió ella, besándolo en los labios—. Sóloquiero que me demuestres que me amas.—Julianne, te quiero...
Certainly, he was the only one in the room who'd actually engaged Dante in direct conversation and informed the Poet he was an ass.
—La realidad es mejor que la fantasía, Gabriel.—No si convertimos la fantasía en nuestra realidad.
—La gracia no es algo que nos merezcamos, Gabriel —dijo Julia suavemente—.Es algo que nace del amor. Dios llena el mundo de segundas oportunidades, hojitas ymisericordia, aunque no todos las ven ni la...
—Exacto —murmuró ella—. Me encanta la parte en la que el zorro le explica al Principito el proceso de domesticación y decide que quiere que lo domestique a él, que quiere ser su zorro, aunque eso lo h...
Ya soy mayorcita para ir insultando a la gente, se lo merezcan o no. Ya no estamos en la guardería.
To the Nuptial Bowre I led her blushing like the Morn: all Heav’n, And happie Constellations on that houre.