#Fiction

"We are born to love as we are born to die, and between the heartbeats of those two great mysteries lies all the tangled undergrowth of our tiny lives. There is nowhere to go but through. And so we walk on, lost, and lost again, in the mapless wilderness of love."

"Vane’s lips tightened to suppress a smile. “Why so hostile, love?”“You whacked me on the head with a ball!”“You deserved it."

"Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.."

"I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story."

"As a man, I instantly became aware of the gold in her hair, her height measured against mine, and how easily she'd fit in my arms. ~Ren"

"The most temptation I'd experienced had been with Tomas, the Senate's spy who had been feeding off me without permission, and Mircea, who was probably plotting some nefarious scheme. I have no taste in men."

"He’d used the amulet to read my thoughts again. I pictured smacking him in the face."

"I have you with me, and I'm terrified you'll disappear."

"How do I know what I think until I see what I say?"

"An eye for an eye my friend."

"In the end, fiction is the craft of telling truth through lies."

"A lion of truth never assumes anything without validity. Assumptions are quick exits for lazy minds that like to graze out in the fields without bother."

"Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said."

"Fiction just makes it all more interesting. Truth is so boring."

"I keep warning and warning, and nobody seems willing to listen. One of these days someone is going to wake up to the fact that I'm serious when I say never to attack my sister without looking over your shoulder for me. (Rhoan)"

"When I touched her body,I believed she was God.In the curves of her formI found the birth of Man,the creation of the world,and the origin of all life."

"The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love you. Like that.)"

"Big lots,' I said, seeing the eighty-year-old oaks and shady lawns. The houses were set way back and had iron fences and stone drives. The harder to hear your neighbors scream, my dear,' was David’s answer, and I sent my head up and down in agreement."

"She took refuge on the firm ground of fiction, through which indeed there curled the blue river of truth."

"I looked at Micah, who shrugged. I looked at Rafael, who shook his head. Nice that none of us knew why he was undressing."