Do not forget duty. But choose love when you can.

And, like a fool, she kissed him back. Kissed him a way that would leave no doubt about the way she felt about him. Kissed him because she knew the chances were slim she'd have very many kisses like that in her lifetime. Which is a sad thing when you're only seventeen.

He swept Raisa up into his arms and kissed her like it was his first, last, and only

If you want to be a writer, you must be in love with the process of writing, whether you achieve financial success or not.

It was a peculiar marriage of interests- Lord Averill and Captain Byrne and Lord Bayar and Han Alister agreeing on anything was as rare as gold in Ragmarket.

More and more, there were no revelations, but simply the uncovering of truths long known but dimly remembered. Everything had been written long ago. There was nothing truly new in the world, but only the slow, circular march of time that revealed the old things once again.

You do not respond to an attempt on your life with a slap on the hand. Or a joke.