You are so lucky I'm too tired to murder you right now.

Excuse me? You're a lady?" "I bought a title on the Internet. I own one square inch of Scotland. And you're changing the subject.

She smells better," Claire said. "And she made me cookies.

That's very rude," Myrnin said. "I haven't brought my fangs our for some time. Not in mixed company, anyway.

There is no such thing as unlimited trust. At some point, all beings with free will can, and will, betray you when you're no longer pursuing the same goals.

THTL— too hot to live

It's an illusion, control," Naomi said. "You ought to understand that by now, young Claire. We are never in control of our destinies, even the strongest of us. All we can hope to do is not be too badly damaged by events.