Quotes from Amanda Quick

I will love you all the days of my life and beyond.

I have often sat in that chair behind my desk and wondered how you would look lying naked here on this sofa. It was a form of self-inflicted torture." "Good heavens

The dangerous plant did not flower in every generation, they said.

I would walk into hell to keep you safe.

You know, it would be very easy for Gilmore to break his neck on these stairs," Matt offered with a hopeful air. "Accidents do happen." "That won't be necessary, thank you," Virginia said. "Just a leg perhaps?

For pity's sake, you are lying in a coffin, Mrs. Crofton. Unless you wish to be buried, I strongly suggest that you resurrect yourself immediately.

Has some married man asked you to be his mistress? If so, give me his name and I will see to it that he disappears.

All things being equal, he preferred to do business with people who were sane.

I have always found that it is far more convenient to be rich rather than to be poor.

It is said a virtuous woman is worth more than rubies. But I believe many men discover the hard way that virtue, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder.

It is not good for the spirits to dwell on that which cannot be altered.

How very interesting." Imogen gave a dainty sniff." I collect that you also poured some of the brandy down his lordship's throat. Was that part of the treatment?" "Absolutely critical," Matthias murmured.

She fastened the invisible corset of her composure snugly around herself and prepared to move forward with her plan.

Idly he toyed with the notion of ripping Leybrook's head off his shoulders. It would be a very pleasant, extremely satisfying project, but Virginia would probably not approve.

Clearly no one knew the socially correct way to deal with a brawl in a ballroom that had been started by a lady.

I meant no offense." "Yet you offend so well.

No one gets away with committting murder on the premises." "No exceptions?" she asked. His smile was as cold as his eyes. "One exception." "You," she said. "Me." She took a short, tight breath. "But you didn't kill Gloria Maitland," she said. "What makes you so sure I didn't murder her?" "You're a magician. You would have done a better job of it.

In my experience there are only a handful of reasons for murder....Jealousy, vengeance, greed, fear and pleasure....Some killers enjoy the kill....For them it is a great game, and for the most part they are the ones I hunt.

Some people find that reading novels is very therapeutic precisely because it does allow one to view reality from an entirely different perspective.