You smell of other peoples blood, ma petite. It was no one you know. -Jean Claude and Anita

All men love to talk about themselves, even the ones who are completely buggers.

who is the love of my life? Maybe I don't have one. Maybe it's not love at all. But if it's not love, then what is it? I wish I knew.

Self-doubt is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

One of the many reasons that Padma will always be a secondary power on the Council is his belief that all power must be taken, that all power must come through fear. True power comes when others offer it to you and you merely accept it as a gift, not as the spoils of some personal war.

Surely being in love doesn't cause you to lose your sense of good taste. If I ever buy a gown with sequins on it, someone just shoot me.

Silk didn't care if it slid over scars or smooth, untouched skin. I'd earned my right to be paranoid.