A wolf can be a wolfhound, son, but it can never be a lapdog.

Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A just universe wouldn't tolerate my existence.

The duke sounded like he was trying to convince himself. “Have you ever done this before?” “Set up someone by pretending to be someone else? Sure. Pretended to get killed? Not so much.

Assassination is an art, milord. And I am the city's most accomplished artist.

If embarrassment were a muscle, I'd be huge.

What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the book.

Love is not a whim. Love is not a flower that fades with a few fleeting years. Love is a choice wedded to action, my husband, and I choose you, and I will choose you every day for the rest of my life.