We all think we have time, you know. It's this miracle substance and there seems to be so much of it, and then all of a sudden, it's gone.

My duchess,” James stated, his eyes sweeping the crowd with the air of a man who has ruled the waves. “She is not a swan, because that would imply she had once been an ugly duckling.

God Almighty, your ruined, and you didn't even eat the gingerbread.

One more time, she promised herself. That wasn't too trollopy. She wouldn't be too trollopy. But when they actually got to the guardhouse? Trollopy.

The books weren't exactly Linnet's general reading fare, but a desperate woman will read anything.

I love you," he said, his voice catching. "When I thought you were going to die, I wanted to die.

Chess is the most intimate game in the world. It's like making love. By the time we finish our first slow game, I will know all his thoughts.