“We are all of us balanced on Fortuna's wheel, clinging as best we can lest we tumble needlessly into Fata's dark maw. Yet we can, if we dare, let go and in that golden moment find the strength of our… — Sara Poole Copy Share Image
“He was a handsome man, not in the way of mercurial Cesare or the false angel, Morozzi, but with a calm steadiness that sat… — Sara Poole Copy Share Image
“... I opened the door to a knock and found a ashen-faced messenger quailing at the prospect of facing an undead witch who was,… — Sara Poole Copy Share Image
“Something unfathomable moved behind his eyes. He sighed deeply. 'Do you ever, even once,' he asked, 'consider the price of caring about you?” — Sara Poole Copy Share Image
“We are all of us balanced on Fortuna's wheel, clinging as best we can lest we tumble needlessly into Fata's dark maw. Yet we… — Sara Poole Copy Share Image
“You are bruised.' 'Am I? I hadn't noticed.' 'Lucrezia says you killed the bastard.' ... Cesare's hands were shaking. Hard, sun-darkened hands made to… — Sara Poole Copy Share Image
“True sleep eluded me. Morpheus is a capricious god; he comes easily to some and only with greatest difficulty to others. To lure him,… — Sara Poole Copy Share Image
“He turned his head just then and for a moment, our eyes met. I would like to tell you that I saw the face… — Sara Poole Copy Share Image
“If his Holiness asks for me, tell him I am -" I was what? What excuse would be sufficient to hold off Borgia the… — Sara Poole Copy Share Image
“… I am in no position to judge you or anything you do.' 'Yet you think I could be judged were you not so… — Sara Poole Copy Share Image
“We all make choices, Francesca. You are no different from anyone else in that regard. If you truly think otherwise, you are deluding yourself.” — Sara Poole Copy Share Image
“We have all made mistakes, each and every one of us. The trick is to not keep making them over and over.” — Sara Poole Copy Share Image
