Any other brushes with insanity you haven't thought to…

“We're needed to save an innocent barrel of wine from a lecherous duke's son.”

— Alethea Kontis

“There are many things wrong with you. A hangover just isn't one of them.”

— Alethea Kontis

“If he didn't like the writing, then he didn't like her, and everything she had done in her whole life would be for nothing.”

— Alethea Kontis

“They know their crime," she said. "They know their shame.”

— Alethea Kontis

“People were supposed to cry at weddings; they just weren't supposed to cry because they suspected that the bride was going to die.”

— Alethea Kontis

“They say that secrets live at the bottom of a wine bottle. Mama had made it there the night before, slow glass by slow…

— Alethea Kontis

“The charming king of Arilland had fallen in love at first sight. There was no question he would soon take this beautiful stranger as…

— Alethea Kontis

“ When sad she brings the thunder And her tears, they bring the rain When ill she feeds a poison To us all to…

— Alethea Kontis

“Her heart was an invalid convinced that it would not survive many more sunsets.”

— Alethea Kontis

“Perhaps her giant bright-eyed sister had finally come to put her out of her misery just when things had gotten interesting.”

— Alethea Kontis

“If the bird was made, it chose to be made. It's here because it chooses to be with you.”

— Alethea Kontis

“Goddamn it, I thought, at the mention of her name. I just couldn’t get clear of these people. They were like cancer. You think…

— Barry Eisler

Everything in the world was about creativity: belief and creation. Storytelling was the essence of both.

— Alethea Kontis

Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a question you…

— Alethea Kontis

First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik.

— Alethea Kontis