Maxilan, darling." Locke raised one eyebrow and smiled. "I knew you were driven, but I had no idea you could smoulder. Come, take me now! Jean won't mind; he'll avert his eyes like a gentleman.

Nobody admires anyone else without qualification. If they do they're after an image, not a person.

I don't have to beat you. I don't have to beat you, motherfucker. I just have to keep you here... until Jean shows up.

So that makes us robbers of robbers," said Bug, "who pretend to be robbers working for a robber of other robbers.

They kissed for the sort of endless moment that only exists between lovers whose lips are still new territory to one another.

I can’t name the poison that’s killing your friend. But the one that’s killing you is called hope.

A boy may be as disagreeable as he pleases, but when a girl refuses to crap sunshine on command, the world mutters darkly about her moods.