“ 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
