No real lady would let a dress that might have been worn by a stranger touch her skin.

Let me give you a piece of advice. The handsome young fellow who's trying to rescue you from a hideous fate is never wrong. Not even if he says the sky is purple and made of hedgehogs.

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

Your angel cannot protect you against that which neither god nor the devil had made

Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?

It is as great a thing to love as it is to be loved. Love is not something that can be wasted.

It isn't against the Law to be an idiot.

Demon pox. There's always demon pox.

He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship.

While the Clave disapproves of trespassers, oddly they take an even darker view of beheading and skinning people. They're peculiar that way.

When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.

You can be a genius, but you won't get far in life without balance.

Much of what we accomplish in the church is due to the selfless service of women.

So many things we love are you!

A woman often thinks she regrets the lover, when she only regrets the love.

Of course, living in an all-glass house has its disadvantages...but you should see the birds smack it.

Life is like licking Honey from a Thorn

I'm still an obsessive personality, and I still think I'm right, and I still believe my literary balls hang far lower than nearly anyone else's alive.

I tend to think that the best face of humanity is that we learn. We explore, we study, we think.

I get letters from people who say, 'What have you got against women?' What could I possibly have against women? I've married three of them.

People like death and mayhem.