Shana Abe

“I hate it here. I hate everyone here. I hate that I am so different. I love it here and I want…

— Shana Abe

“How good to see you, Miss Jones.” That debonair tone, the friendly press of his hand upon mine. It was such a…

— Shana Abe

“You’re naught but a human man. You couldn’t possibly understand.” He lifted a brow, still smiling. “Liar.” “Cutpurse.” “Runaway.” “Swindler! “Coward,” he…

— Shana Abe

“He had a swift and utterly lucid vision of himself in this position in thirty-odd years. Loathsome tea, hot steam, silver spoon,…

— Shana Abe

“Why do you want to know?” The shrug again. “Just wondering.” “Really. You’ve skipped your lawn tennis or duck hunting or whiskey…

— Shana Abe

“She was too compelling to look at directly. Bright like the sun, bright and terrible. Only one other being could look upon…

— Shana Abe

“You said I was pretty, before." "Did I?" A new laugh escaped him, mirthless. "How unoriginal. I must be the master of…

— Shana Abé

“I thought that ground fire couldn’t reach the zeppelins,” I said. “I thought that guns on the ground didn’t have the range.”…

— Shana Abe

“Something inside his chest unlocked--wildly, slowly, a peculiar sort of melting. He was lost. He was the thorn and the thistle, blown…

— Shana Abé

“Right,” I said once more, because it sounded firm, and because Armand’s brittle desolation was beginning to eat at me. None of…

— Shana Abe

“She did what she could for him. She kissed him in return. She lost her breath and both her hearts, and finally…

— Shana Abé

“Your Royal Grace, Forgive my boldness. If I might inquire: How old are you? —Kimber”

— Shana Abé

“It is considered an honor to be…plucked from the crowd, so to speak. There are fine families in the district who have…

— Shana Abe

“I think the word despair is much too small to encompass the magnitude of all it defines. For me, right then, despair…

— Shana Abe

“It’s funny how your life can come apart in an instant. How you can feel safe and satisfied one moment, and the…

— Shana Abe

“I’m spending until dawn with you,” I said firmly. “Don’t bother to argue.” “God forbid,” said Jesse, solemn. I pushed past him…

— Shana Abe

I heard what you said. Im not the silly romantic you think. I dont want the heavens or the shooting stars. I…

— Shana Abe

“I don’t know how these matters are supposed to go,” she said finally, in the dark. “I was raised amid mountains and…

— Shana Abé

Trust you? Rue--trust you? You counterfeited your own death rather than wed me. You told me you'd rather die than stay in…

— Shana Abe

“Don’t worry. If we sink, we’ll swim together to shore. We’ll use your bewitching chapeau as a float.” The nose of the…

— Shana Abe

“You’re not human, Eleanore Jones. I think that somewhere inside you, you must know that. You must always have known. You’re not…

— Shana Abe

“He’d never liked tea. It seemed somewhat ridiculous to him, to interrupt his day with miniature cakes and dry, crustless sandwiches, and…

— Shana Abé

“I guess you'll have to be a sodding duke now," I tried-clumsy, tasteless, and he only winced. "Sorry." I covered his hand…

— Shana Abe

“I won’t trouble you long,” said Maricara. “No doubt you have all manner of pressing plans to consider. Spies to engage. Betrayals…

— Shana Abé

“Armand towed me up and Jesse hustled me away. I staggered against him, looking past his shoulder just in time to see…

— Shana Abe