The witchlight made his skin paler, his eyes more intently blue. They were the color of the water in the North Atlantic, where the ice drifted on its blue-black surface like the snow clinging to the dark glass pane of a window.

I’d rather have you in my life even as a brother than not at all—

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.

If you insist on disavowing that which is ugly about what you do, you will never learn from your mistakes.

I shall see you on Blackfriars Bridge, Tessa.

My favorite jacket is an emergency item. Much like myself, it is both snuggly and fashionable.

Without conflict there is no plot, without hope there is no story