Ye’re wet, ” he groaned. “I’m underwater.” “I ken that, bonny. But this dampness has nothing to do with that.

There was something more than a little satisfying about ripping the heart out of someone the moment before they expected to do the same to you.

Alison’s gaze gentled. “Tell me, Samantha, have you ever been to Scotland?

Samantha imagined that in another life, she and Alison could have, indeed, been friends. Had she not been about to rob the train.

Experience should have taught ye by now that denying me what I want only makes me more relentless.

This blood feud is a bit too Shakespearean, if ye want the truth. I’m no Montague, and ye’re no Capulet.

It occurred to Gavin that the first thought a groom had upon spying his bride shouldn’t be to wonder whether or not she wore knickers.

So does it still count if he doesna kiss the bride?

If you love no one, no one can hurt you, ” she whispered.

Politicians are like dogs... Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable

Our thoughts are clay, they are moulded with the changes of the days;--when we are resting they are good; under fire, they are dead. Fields of craters within and without.

Why a four-year-old child could understand this report. Run out and find me a four-year-old child. I can't make head nor tail out of it.

Warriors use their intent and will to shape their lives. All of their actions are conscious, intentional, and complete.

Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence [and] those with less power are often most aware of its existence.

Cottages have them (falsehood and dissimulation) as well as courts, only with worse manners.

Women must have economic and social equality with men.

When you look at athletes, they have fundamentals.

I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just sit back and let other people define our existence.

By happy chance we saw A twofold image: on a grassy bank A snow-white ram, and in the crystal flood Another and the same!