For the record, Irish," he informed her tightly, just in case she got the wrong idea, "I kneel to no one.

It seemed Barrons had finally gotten his cake and eaten it too.

Dishonesty increases disorder exponentially. It's hard enough to communicate when you're telling the truth.

He lives. I breathe. I want. Him. Always. Fire to my ice. Ice to my fever. -Mac

You've been doing something bad since the moment you met me, lass.

Abruptly, she knew that after this night she was never going to be the same again. Nothing was ever going to be the same. Oh, yes, the man could define himself as the dawning of an epoch if he wanted to. There was, quite simply, before Adam and after Adam.

There are moments in my life when I feel like I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be, doing exactly what I’m supposed to do. I pay attention to them. They’re my cosmic landmarks, letting me know I’m on the right path. Now that I’m older and can look back and see where I missed a turn here and there, and know the price I paid for those oversights, I try to look sharper at the present.