The best thing to do if you start thinking such things (falling in love) is to lie down and wait for it to pass. It always does.

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

If we don't risk it all, we may as well not write at all.

You don't believe in God, Rachel. You don't believe in goodness or love or mercy, do you?" "I haven't seen enough to form an opinion." "But you believe in the devil?" "When I'm sitting in a car with him, yes," she said.

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

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 froze. He reached up and took her hand in his, pulling the knife away, making her drop it on the floor. "Show me how much you hate me," he whispered against her mouth. "Prove it to me.