Magnus sighed. "Alexander, I've been alive for hundreds of years. I've been with men, been with women - with faeries and warlocks and vampires, and even a djinn or two." He looked sideways at Maryse, who looked mildly horrified. "Too much information?

It’s like a cotillion, this partners business, except with killing.” “So, exactly like a cotillion,” said Simon.

When I am in the darkness, I want to think of it in the light, with you. - James Carstairs

Every heart has its own melody," he said. "You know mine. - James Carstairs

He carefully maintained the blasé air of one who had been here before and had been incredibly well dressed that time too

I shall charm him with such force that when I am done, he will be left lying limply on the ground, trying to remember his own name.

You left me. You made a pet out of me, and then you left me. If love were food, I would have starved on the bones you gave me.