“A body, he thought, was like a complex and complicated clock. Each one unique in its parts. Through study, one might discover… — Meredith Duran Trial and error Copy Share Image
“I am as much a villain in my nature as a common thief on the high road,” he said. “Did you not… — Meredith Duran Crime Copy Share Image
“The hand of a woman may be soft, but her reach is long. And its subtlety does not make it any less… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“If a woman could win love with her body, the world would have no bastards.” — Meredith Duran Love Copy Share Image
“Best awake and face your death like a man." "Like a man?” The lazy voice came from her right. She whirled, fingers… — Meredith Duran Death Copy Share Image
“When he entered after her, she saw that he meant to come straight to her, and she raised a hand. "No," she… — Meredith Duran Emma Copy Share Image
“Force persuades a person to speak, but it cannot guarantee his honesty. Quite the reverse: it will extract confessions from innocents and… — Meredith Duran History Copy Share Image
“He had achieved indifference to her in London. Why not here, too? But here was where he had loved her.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“and I said, 'That is why you don't climb mountains, Gwen.' But now I wonder. You aren't afraid of heights." "No", she… — Meredith Duran Long time Copy Share Image
“He heard the swishing of her skirts as she approached. God above! Could she not leave well enough alone? 'There is another… — Meredith Duran Light blue Copy Share Image
“He could not admire her destructive loyalty to her brother. But it was born of the steel at her core. As a… — Meredith Duran Another woman Copy Share Image
“And he wondered, suddenly, what sort of divide it created between them, that he knew pieces of her that she had never… — Meredith Duran Observation Copy Share Image
“...nobody belongs to that world...Nobody feels as if they belong, at any rate. They're all watching each other--fearful of the laughter coming… — Meredith Duran Goals Copy Share Image
“It is not proper, you being closeted up here with him --" "Delphinia, don't be absurd. I am so firmly on the… — Meredith Duran Humor Copy Share Image
“Perhaps Nora was right: God watched but did not concern Himself with this kingdom. In His son He had exhausted His interest… — Meredith Duran Judgment day Copy Share Image
“Rather stupid creatures, aren't they?' he said to draw her eyes back to this. 'No. I find them quite - admirable, in… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“Words are not the only way we communicate, you and I. They never were.” — Meredith Duran Communication Copy Share Image
“He smiled. "How kind of you to confirm what I already know. Perhaps next you will introduce me to myself. I hear… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“Or perhaps, despite your brave words to my parents, you've forgotten what love and loyalty look like. They aren't sacraments, Jane, for… — Meredith Duran Family together Copy Share Image
“A monopoly on knowledge is tantamount to a monopoly on everything else of value” — Meredith Duran Knowledge Copy Share Image
“She let herself be had. With two women in the room behind her and her staff wandering the halls, she relaxed into… — Meredith Duran Bad idea Copy Share Image
“So you hate me now,' she said quietly. 'How convenient for you. As though everything I did for you no longer counts,… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“He was a mad creature, who no doubt said up when everyone else said down, just to be contrary” — Meredith Duran Animals Copy Share Image
“And really, was there anything so demoralizing as meeting a former lover? Never did a woman have more cause to doubt her… — Meredith Duran Former love Copy Share Image
“He sneers so regularly that I suspect he shaves his mustache only to spare his nose the whisker burn.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
