If the butterfly wings its way to the sweet light that attracts it, it's only because it doesn't know that the fire can consume it.

Desire urges me on as fear bridles me" Bruno.

His full name is Matthew Gabriel Philippe Bertrand Sebastien de Clermont. He was also a very good Sebastien, and a passable Gabriel. He hates Bertrand and will not answer to Philippe.

It is a blessing as well as a burden to love so much that you can hurt so badly when love is gone.

It was a brutal picture, a tug-of-war between two equal but opposing impulses. It had the ring of truth, however.

Sir. My lord. Master Roydon." The young man blurted out most available titles except for "Your Majesty" and "Prince of Darkness." These were implied nonetheless.

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed (Albert Einstein)