It's been so long that I think I was unsettled by the idea of feeling like I belonged anywhere. But you made me feel like I belong.

Appearances are significant, and never more than in politics. You can always sway the crowd, provided you have a good story.

Whatever you are physically,' he said, 'Male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy -- all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. Whatever the color, the shape, the design of the shade that conceals it, the flame inside the lamp remains the same. You are the flame.

Hmph," she said. "I'd like to see you learn how to manage sitting and standing up straight in stays and petticoats and a dress with a foot's worth of train!" "So would I," said Gideon from across the room.

I know there are monsters on this earth,' said Tessa. 'You cannot tell me otherwise. I have seen them.

If there's a thing I've learned in my life it's to not be afraid of the responsibility that comes with caring for other people. What we do for love: those things endure. Even if the people you do them for don't

She still felt his gaze on her like the brush of a finger across the back of her neck, making her shiver.