It was sort of the pattern to my life - I'd never been strong enough to deal with the things outside my control, to attack the enemies or outrun them. To avoid the pain. Always human and weak, the onl...

Intelligence is a great scholar,virtue is an extraordinary saint,love is a remarkable sage;together they are alters of integrity.Awareness is a great scholar,compassion is an extraordinary saint,prude...

I want a room decorated with bones! Dan said. Where'd they come from?Cemeteries, Amy said. Back in the 1700s, the cemeteries were getting overcrowded, so they decided to dig up tons of old bodies–all...

I think it's fair rude to make him a tree and not know what kind he is.

I sit in the sky like a sphinx misunderstood; My heart of snow is wed to the whiteness of swans; I hate the movement that displaces the rigid lines, With lips untaught neither tears nor laughter do I...

I remember staying to look at it for a long time, as one would linger within reach of a consoling whisper. The sky was pearly grey. It was one of those overcast days so rare in the tropics, in which m...

I like you, Gary finally said in a low voice.Thank you? I thought you already did.No. Like, I like you. Before, I was just pretending. I actually think I almost despised you. But now I don’t.You almo...

I glanced at Tamlin, biting my lip. I'd practically floated into my bedroom that morning. But Tamlin's gaze now roved my face as if searching for any tinge of regret, of fear. Ridiculous.

I dont know what happens to country.

I care about strangers when they're abstractions, but I feel almost nothing when they're literally in front of me.

I can’t deal with angry people until after I’ve had my morning coffee.

How do I love thee? wondered Orion. Let me see. I love thee passionately and eternally...obviously eternally-that goes without saying. Holly blinked sweat from her eyes. Is he serious? she called over...

His suppressed grief becomes anger. But what can he do with anger? It must also be suppressed.

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 leaned over toward me, putting his fingers under my chin. He grazed my lips with his nose and then with his own lips, first gently, and then taking them into his mouth and biting them one at a time...

He gave her an indulgent look. I'll forgive these rash words for now. She sputtered, Let's talk about who should be forgiving who.Whom, he corrected.Shut up! I'm in the right here. Remember all those...

Father . . . , Gabriel began. Father is a worm.Will gave a short laugh. He was in gear as if he had just come from the practice room, and his hair curled damply against his temples. He was not looking...

Every article and review and book that I have ever published has constituted an appeal to the person or persons to whom I should have talked before I dared to write it. I never launch any little essay...

Does kittykat know there's a pigeon on the clothes closet?

Death is lighter than a feather. Duty, heavier than a mountain.