Quotes from Amanda Quick

As long as human nature is what it is, I'm afraid there will always be another war

threatened to bore them. That policy did not make for an active social life.

Hell of a thing." Bad Jacket shook his head. "He survives that warehouse fire only to fall down a flight of stairs.

The desire for revenge is an acid that destroys everything it touches.

Scars, whether seen or unseen, were a very personal matter.

L'opinion du monde ne compte pas, mon fils. Seul compte que tu saches, au tréfonds de ton cÅ"ur, que tu n'as pas souillé ton honneur. L'honneur est une chose sacrée et doit être traité comme tel. Un homme peut survivre au scandale, à la ruine, ou à pire encore, s'il sait que son honneur est sauf.

You prefer fantastical endings rather than those which illustrate reality," Slater said. "In my view there are cheerful endings and sad endings but they are all fantastical by definition—otherwise they would not be classified as fiction.

secure money.

She wondered briefly if men assumed such airs of concern when faced with broken mechanical devices merely to impress each other or if they were genuinely alarmed by the challenge of repairing the items.

Eudora is convinced that he is a man ahead of his time." "That is rarely a good position in which to find oneself.

I do not believe that one should control either a boy or a horse with a whip, Miss Wingfield." Jared was mildly surprised to realize he was repeating something he had overheard his father say years ago. "Such methods serve only to break the spirit or create a vicious streak in the victim.

I love you," he roared in his enthralling mesmeric voice. "I will love you all the days of my life and beyond, Leona Hewitt. Do you hear me?

It is only to be expected that those who lack curiosity about the wider world would find those who possess that particular characteristic uninteresting.

Don't throw my words back in my face, you little baggage.

Forget the damned investigation. I am beginning to think that if the matter were put to the test, I would finish a poor second to your interest in conducting investigations.

When you are rich and powerful, no one will challenge you to your face or give you a chance to explain yourself. All the whispers are behind your back. You are left with no means of clearing your own name. And after a while you realize there is no point in even attempting to do so. No one wants the truth. All anyone wants is the chance to add more fuel to the fires of gossip. The whispers become so loud that sometimes you think you will drown in them.

There was nothing like having a dead husband return from the grave to ruin a fine spring morning.

Henceforth, whenever we are threatened with being cast adrift upon love's transcendent, golden shore, I want you to slap my face.

Talent is useful, but always keep your dagger sharp.

Knowing that you love me is not a source of amusement." Sebastian realized that his hands were shaking with the force of the emotion that was pouring through him. "It is my salvation

I am crushed by your poor opinion But will endeavor to carry on.

One day you're young with all your fine plans for the future. The next you're in the future and it doesn't look at all the way you thought it would.

You mustn't hit her over the head with it. Women like to be romanced like the heroines in the sensation novels." "What the devil do you know about sensation novels?" "A man can learn a great deal about women from novels," Matt said. "You should try it sometime.

Of course I won't go alone. I shall take my maid." "No," Sebastian said. "You will take me.