"Juliet by Ann Fortier. The Maestro (Chapter5) ... the slight nausea he was feeling must be somewhat near what God was feeling every minute of every day. If indeed He felt anything. He was, after all, ..."
- Anne Fortier
"She laughed out loud, a warm, knowing laughter that made me once again wonder about the secret ingredient in these women’s lives. Whatever it was, I was clearly missing it. It was so much more than ju..."
"Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow. Well, perhaps you are right. Perhaps the wise spurn one to remain safe from the other, but I should rather choose to have my eyes burnt in t..."
"It is madness. But sometimes, madness is the only path forward."
"Neeta showed us there can be as much virtue in the things we do not do as on those we do."
"...or perhaps about acknowledging that life is a delicate balance of great forces, and that good would lose its potency if there was no evil left to fight in the world."
"You are too kind, and I am unused to it. For your own sake, do not stroke my misery. It knows not how to respond, but with a vicious bite."
"It was one of those moments that no scientist can ever reduce to numbers, try as she might."
"Paris shook his head."Do you think I would teach just anyone to fight me to the death? I want you to be my wife. My one and only wife."
"But are you not fond of me?" Paris looked up, his eyes full of reproach."Fond of you? Myrina you are my queen. I want you more than I want life itself."