Together he [Girolamo Savonarola] and his archenemy Lorenzo [de' Medici] would have been the stuff of gargoyles. One could almost imagine the… — Sarah Dunant Copy Share Image
“We get chased by orcs, I’m tripping you and running the other direction.” — Danielle Monsch Copy Share Image
“Only in porn did people appear to need sex as badly as she needed it right that minute.” — Christine Warren Copy Share Image
One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
“So I'm not allowed to take responsibility for the whole world, but you are, huh? Kees felt the corners of his mouth… — Christine Warren Copy Share Image
“Make no mistake, little human. You are under my protection now, and I protect what is mine.” — Danielle Monsch Copy Share Image
“Still shuddering, he collapsed atop her on a long, strangled groan. It sounded as if someone had just wrung out his soul.… — Christine Warren Copy Share Image
Watching a dog try to chew a large piece of toffee is a pastime fit for gods. Mr. Fusspot's mixed ancestry had… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
To a gargoyle on the ramparts of Notre Dame as Esmeralda rides off with Gringoire Quasimodo says. "Why was I not made… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“This woman was consuming him, bit by bit. She was becoming the reason and the reward of his existence, and if he… — Danielle Monsch Copy Share Image
“Do I seem one who will not defend myself? You are her father, so I will make myself clear. Any who seek… — Danielle Monsch Copy Share Image
It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Hey, rock dude, are you destroying the house? Causing mayhem? Who’s a ferocious gargoyle? Stoney’s a ferocious gargoyle. — Devon Monk Copy Share Image
The intruder hesitated, turned, and anchored itself in the corner, where the ceiling met the wall. It sat there, fastened to the… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
So much paperwork to read! So much paperwork to push away! So much paperwork to pretend he hadn't received and that might… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A parable: A man was examining the construction of a cathedral. He asked a stone mason what he was doing chipping the… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
“Are you ready to go home, Catherine?” he asked. “It’s warm inside the house. I kept a fire going for you.” I… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Vasco lived in Mangrove Heights, on a bluff overlooking the river. The first time Jed saw the house, he couldn't help thinking… — Rupert Thomson Copy Share Image
“She stretched beneath him, bare and aching, held captive by an entirely new form of magic, one she'd thought existed only in… — Christine Warren Copy Share Image
“Ella squeezed, wringing a groan from his throat that echoed the torments of the damned. Usually, though, the damned didn't lean into… — Christine Warren Copy Share Image
When I can feel you breathing into me i, like a stone gargoyle atop some crumbling building, spring to life a resuscitated… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
“She could sense the desire pouring off the man in front of her, and to be wanted so obviously, so fiercely, went… — Christine Warren Copy Share Image
Littlefinger: A trade envoy from Lys once observed to me that Lord Stannis must love his daughter very well, since he'd erected… — Anonymous Copy Share Image