“Lepida, has anyone ever told you that you're a cruel spiteful selfish slut?...You're vicious. You're unprincipled. You mistreat your slaves and abuse your daughter. And furthermore you're the worst, most neglectful, most criminal wife in Rome. I think we can… — Kate Quinn Copy Share Image
“Not wise, perhaps, to be rude to the Pope's favorite son, but my viper tongue still required a fool now and then on which… — Kate Quinn Copy Share Image
“Katkad prešuti koju istinu. Najbolje je lagati, a da zapravo ne lažeš.” — Kate Quinn Copy Share Image
“Paulinus, everyone knows. Say the word, and I'll run the bitch over with my chariot” — Kate Quinn Copy Share Image
“did tell him. I suppose he thought it wasn’t suitable for your ears.” I swallowed. “What happened then?” “Rose’s boy got caught with the Resistance. They shipped him off, who knows where. Half of Paris was disappearing overnight. Rose probably would have too—she’d already nearly been arrested for kicking a Brownshirt on the Rue de Rivoli, so we brought her… — Kate Quinn Copy Share
“What did it matter if something scared you, when it simply had to be done?” — Kate Quinn Copy Share Image
“Have you ever been - well, i mean, have you ever - really wanted someone ? Wanted them like water in the desert -… — Kate Quinn Copy Share Image
“Facing a pistol-wielding murderer does tend to put parents further down the list of things to be intimidated by.” — Kate Quinn Copy Share Image
“want to do something different.” And she’d had it in her—of course she’d be striding through the Paris nights breaking windows and kicking Brownshirts. I should have known Rose would get involved with the Resistance. But she’d gotten caught in the oldest trap there is, just like me. Rose wasn’t going to write a book or swim the Channel or… — Kate Quinn Copy Share
“I am telling you that order is absurd. You think there are no idiots in the intelligence business, that your superiors are all brilliant men who understand the game?” A furious hand waved in Major Allenton’s direction. “This business is rife with idiots. They play with lives and they play badly, and when people like you die as a result,… — Kate Quinn Copy Share
“finally turned away. My aunt stood watching from the back door, frail and hunched. “Tell me the rest,” I said, and she did, her… — Kate Quinn Copy Share Image
“Nisu uvijek najljepše djevojke one koje nas uspiju zadržati, već žene poput gospođe Kalpurnije, poput moje majke. Kada se jednom neka od tih toplih,… — Kate Quinn Copy Share Image
