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"I have commenced my auspicious reign and am in quiet possession of the Presidential Mansion... this winter I intend to do something in the way of entertaining that shall be the admiration and talk of all Washington world."
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"You're not actually falling for him, are you?" he asks her one day, on one of the rare occasions he can get her alone."I'll pretend you didn't just ask that," she tells him in disgust. But Connor has reasons to wonder."On that first night here, he offered you his blanket, and you accepted it," he points out."Only because I knew it would make him cold.""And when he offers you his food, you take it.""Because it means he goes hungry."It's coolly logical. Connor finds it amazing that she can put her emotions aside and be as calculating as Roland, beating him at his own game. Another reason for Connor to admire her."

"Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot." "He's the sun god," I said."That's not what I meant."

"I'm not one to let such a striking man pass without looking my fill."

"I haven't seen angels, but I am sure they are not as beautiful as you are."

"He was generally aware that he had been blessed in her beauty; even in her usual homespun, knee-deep in mud from her garden, or stained and fierce with the blood of her calling, the curve of her bones spoke to his own marrow, and those whisky eyes could make him drunk with a glance. Besides, the mad collieshangie of her hair made him laugh."

"Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves."

"...would not exchange this one little English girl for the Grand Turk's whole seraglio, gazelle-eyes, houri forms, and all!"

"I see you from afar-fragile and shy as a star gleaming through a cloudy rift."

"Indians have a big problem with alcohol and drugs. I grew up with an admiration for their culture and was sensitive to their problems."

"Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years."
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"I have commenced my auspicious reign and am in quiet possession of the Presidential Mansion... this winter I intend to do something in the way of entertaining that shall be the admiration and talk of all Washington world."
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