“ When we set about accounting for a Napoleon or a Shakespeare or a Raphael or a Wagner or an Edison or other extraordinary person, we understand that the measure of his talent will not explain the whol… Mark Twain
“ If you don't explain it all to me, I might strangle somebody. Of course, Raphael might like that... Ilona Andrews
“ If the lot of you survives, Curran will flay the skin off your backs, Doolittle said.That's what I always love about you, Doctor. Raphael grinned. You're a cup-halfway-full kind of guy. All flowers an… Ilona Andrews
“ Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, writes it, builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Ralph Waldo Emerson
“ Andrea turned her back to Desandra and rolled her eyes. Raphael grimaced. They both looked scandalized. Dear God, what could she have said to scandalize a bouda...No, really! Desandra nodded. Okay, so… Ilona Andrews
“ Kate Daniels, trained negotiator. When in possession of some valuable information, give it away to the first sexy man you see with no guarantee of return. Ilona Andrews
“ How is it that I could run into a gunfight against overwhelming odds and put myself between bullets and civilians, but I couldn't scrape together enough courage to speak to the one person who mattered… Ilona Andrews
“ As he passed me, he leaned to Curran and handed him a paper fan folded from some sort of flyer.Curran looked at the fan. What?An emergency precaution, Your Majesty. In case the lady faints.Curran just… Ilona Andrews
“ When I'm with him, I can feel myself getting better. It's like he's picking up broken pieces of me and putting me back together, and I don't even know he's doing it. We never talk about it. We don't g… Ilona Andrews
“ I know human nature. We might sacrifice a few, because we are stupid and hardwired for group survival. But we would never die in the thousands because a god wished it. Those kinds of numbers require m… Ilona Andrews
“ You’re touching me, I chided him. He caressed my back, sliding his hand down, hitting every sensitive point I hadn’t even known I had. No, this is touching you. That was just accidental contact. Oh? G… Ilona Andrews
“ We need a bigger gun.We need a shower, Raphael said.Gun first. Shower later.Ten minutes later I walked into the Order’s office. A group of knights standing in the hallway turned at my approach: Mauro,… Ilona Andrews
“ I promise to keep my hands, tongue, and other body parts to myself. You risk your life by staying home. It's late and we're both too wiped out to go climbing into the People's lair tonight. What do yo… Ilona Andrews
“ It was a tribute to Raphael that lesser artists wanted to copy his work, but this… this was a travesty. The fresco consisted of Galatea’s apotheosis, wherein she is surrounded by mythical creatures. A… Kelsey Brickl
“ Somehow the idea of Montgomery as a fairy doesn't have the same effect on me as it appears to have on you.-Raphael Nalini Singh
“ For the first time in forever, he was stunned to silence. Not by her words, but by the tenderness in her hands, the worry in her eyes. He was an archangel. He’d been wounded far, far worse and shrugge… Nalini Singh
“ Option 1: Attempt to back out.Probable result: Death after painful torture.Option 2: Do the job and hope.Probable result: Death but probably no torture (good) Nalini Singh
“ You do realize this makes your wings even more unique.""Are you saying you shot me as a cosmetic procedure? Nalini Singh
