"How's Her Royal Bitchiness? "Alive. "Pity."

"After this is over, I want a shower in a really big bathroom.""I'll get us the penthouse.""What makes you think you'll be sharing it with me?""I live in hope."

"There's not much left inside me, Max" Sometimes, all she heard were echoes."

"I might be on the fence about this life, but I 'm not and will never be on the fence about you. I will fight for you."

"Ransom really looked at the other man for the first time, shook his head, stared again."Holy hell, your eyes are like a fucking viper's. Venom raised an eyebrow."You have hair prettier than one of Astaad's concubines. Ransom gave the vampire the finger. Venom grinned."

"Children were huge, wild creatures full of promise and hope and dirt and mischief."

"His lips, his lips should've been illegal."

"It wasn't only his city that was healing, Raphael thought, his eyes catching the refracted light that betrayed Aodhan's presence in the sky; his people were, too. And it had all begun with a single, vulnerable mortal who did not accept that to be an archangel was to be always right."

"There was a very slight chance she might actually kill him that way, and if she did, she'd be brought up on charges. Unless, of course, she could prove harmful intent. She could see it now.See, Your Honor, he was going to f*ck me silly, make me like it."

"Do I look like I want to be eaten alive after sex?"

"Life isn't static, and sometimes, we don't realize the value of knowledge or even of people, until further down the track, when we're mature enough to truly understand."

"The fear is like metal on my tongue-I've known him but a fragment of time, and yet I'm certain if I accept his suit, it will destroy a part of me when he leaves.Keir reached forward to tuck her hair behind her ear. "We're all a little broken. Quiet. Potent. "No one goes through life with a whole heart."

"I want no blood from you--not until we're both sweaty and naked and you're screaming my name."

"To fight evil, you have to understand the dark."

"I've never heard of a man's cock being described as a fang before. - Rapahel"

"The peacemaker must have the strongest heart and the toughest will in the room."

"God, you're sexy when you talk Psy."

"This song is for my Molly, who is the best fucking thing that s ever happened to me. Also, for those suicidal idiots sending her fan mail asking her to run away with them, I will hunt you down and rip off you nuts."

"Take care of my heart won't you, Sophie? It's a little odd having it outside my body-but I'm planning to steal yours to make up for it."

"Hey, Frenchie! Sage poked his head out the door, the sun hitting the brown of his hair to reveal hidden strands of red. "Did you bring any baguettes?"Why don't you go season something, Herb?"

"We all have to live with our past, but it doesn't have to define us."

"Dorian's going to love this.She glared. "I swear to God, you tell him, and I'll - what the hell could you threaten an alpha with?-"I'll tell Hawke you want to go on daily bonding runs with him."

"For crissakes, you're the frickin' poster boy for DarkRiver with your 'Gee, shucks, I'm harmless' act."Dorian was used to being ribbed about his looks. With his blond hair and blue eyes, he looked more like a surfer hanging out for the right wave than blooded DarkRiver sentinel."Look who's talking, Miss Bikini Babe 2067."

"Hawke," he said. "That's the word you need to be saying."

"She blew out a breath between gritted teeth. "Sometimes I really want to-a frustrated sound-"bite you! He froze. "I might let you. "I won't do it if you'd enjoy it."

"Eyes narrowed, Judd stared at the structure as if at a mortal enemy. Slapping his fellow lieutenant on the shoulder, Riaz said, "Don't even think about it." A pissed-off telekinetic versus the complex metal pylons and tubes of the jungle gym- the results would not be pretty.Judd glanced at his watch. "I'll destroy it later."

"A life is not a waste of time."

"He couldn't say the words, had spent too long in Silence, but he'd learned other ways to speak. Taking the paperweight she'd knocked off her desk out of his pocket, he put it in her hands. "It's fixed. As long as you don't mind more than a few scars."

"Don't pull any shit because you want to show off. "Wait a second. She looked down then back up. "Nope, I haven't grown a cock in the last few minutes. I have no need to prove whose is bigger."

"You know how spooky Ashwini is. She called an hour ago to tell me she has a secret stash of handheld grenade launchers she thought I might want to know about. My response was, 'What the fuck?"

"If he decided to pursue Sienna...Sucking in a breath Indigo promised herself she'd warn the girl if and when the time came-because no woman should have to face that campaign unprepared."

"Under her palm, his heart beat strong and sure. It was such a human sound, so honest, so real."

"The longer you live, the more mistakes you make. And the more sorrows you carry."

"What music do you like? he asked between calls."Cheery, chirpy pop.Wincing, he pulled up a station that delivered exactly that. "You owe me."Come on-she turned in her seat to face him once more-"it's not that bad."I'm sorry? I can't hear you past the sugar blocking my eardrums."

"Once, he hadn't been able to touch her without causing himself pain. Now, it only hurt when he didn't touch her."

"I don't want to be your snack, your chew-toy, your fuck-buddy. Find a vampire to sink your fang into."

"Aodhan glanced over,the faint smile on his face deeply welcome after two painful centuries when Illium hadn't been able to reach his friend, no matter how hard he tried. Aodhan's psychic scars might never fade, but he was rising past them in a show of grit and strength no one who didn't know him could fully understand.The twenty-three months Aodhan had been missing had been the most horrific period of Illium's life... worse than when he'd lost his mortal lover. He'd survived losing her. He didn't know if he could survive losing Aodhan.Never before had he seen that truth so clearly and it shook him."

"Fly free, my daughter. Be what I could never be and leave the cage forever."

"Death comes in endless forms. Of the body. Of the soul. Of the heart. - Catriona Mercant, philosopher and warrior. (circa 1419)"

"Flirt with him if you want, Honor, but you're mine."

"Mercy laughed. "You have to excuse them-boys suffer from an incurable disability. "What? "Testosterone."

"What can I say? I prefer to die well informed."

"How do you control your telekinesis while intimate with your mate?""I broke a damn lot of furniture at the start, including two beds." A curious glance. "What are you doing?""Traveling around the world."

"Bye, Trace. Hope you and Andreja have a good day. Oh, I may be arrested for homicide soon. Please come visit me in prison."

"Some women, Dahariel said in that same hard tone devoid of any hint of humanity, "getunder a man's skin until digging them out makes you bleed."

"A faint smile that made every tiny hair on her body rise in quivering attention. "How fast can you run?" A wolf's question."

"I won't take advantage of you. Today, I'll be your friend.""Fen has been my friend for decades," she said, sliding her arm into his when he offered it to her. "And he never presumed to put his mouth on mine.""Obviously I'll be a different kind of friend."

"I look into my heart and see the abyss looking back at me.''I won't let you fall."

"Emotion without reason lets people walk all over you, reason without emotion is a mask for cruelty."

"I have something for you."Yeah? What? Is it shiny?They both waited until Indigo had jogged away before resuming their conversation. "So, Riley asked, "what have you got for me? Taking his hand, she placed it palm-down over her heart. It would hurt like a bitch, she thought, but he was hers to protect as much as she was his. "Me. And she opened up her soul, laid herself bare."