I lied. I do that, you know, when it suits me. I would have thought you'd realized that by now.

She had the underwear of a thirteen-year-old, as well, he thought. He glanced back at her. But the shoes of a courtesan.

She tried to allow herself only one biting remark an hour, and she had already overstepped her allowance.

And telling you I care about you is a waste of time. I wouldn't have crossed the ocean, come out of hiding, tracked you down, if you didn't matter to me.

Jesus, woman!" he snapped. "When did we have to become Romeo and Juliet?

If this were a different time, a different place, I would take you to bed with me and make love to you for days.

If I am ever in the position where I wish to seduce someone I will simply assure her it’s better than rats.