"What pleasure is there in life without beauty?" Dulcie slid a silken blue fold down so her right hip bone showed, and nodded with approval. "Beauty won't fill your belly or keep you warm." Dulcie chuc..."
- Susan Scott
"Her people, the Half-Lights, were the by-blows of the full-blood Magicians and humans. As such, they were outcasts from both kingdoms. Their magic was too unpredictable for the magicians, and too magi..."
"Before she could touch him, he stepped back. "I've no need of a human." "Half-Light," she corrected, still meeting his gaze in the surface. "I've no need of a dragon magician."
"The dragon marking rested, his fangs concealed and his eyes shut. "Your dragon is pleased," she said. "Indeed, he is."
"There’s no way to stand up gracefully when your pants are down around your ankles."
- Kathy Bryson
"You tell me the dead are coming through a crack in my barn, but I shouldn’t worry?"
"I missed the good old days when phones were sturdy enough to be pounded for emphasis."
"Banks frown when employees torch the home of their principal account holder."
"This was going to be worse than the time I table danced in the diner in high school!"
"I knew I would lose my job when I accidentally set fire to my best friend’s house."