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

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.

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

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

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.

Yes - I am usually overweight. I have had to be interested in diet because of being diabetic for 30 years and having kidney failure.

If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two, Thy soul the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if the other do.

My mind is living on cloud 9 and this 9 is never on vacation.

I would rather have a competent extremist than an incompetent moderate.

.. Fear is often described as False Evidence Appearing Real.

Shudder, in fact, is not quite the word for the feeling. Feeling is not quite the word for the feeling. How's bathing at knifepoint in the phlegm of the dead? Is that a feeling?

The truly free market is the worker's best friend.

The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.

Compliance does not foster innovation, trust does. You can't sustain long-term innovation, for example, in a climate of distrust.

I'm convinced that theatre is a horrible business. Make this the headline. You have to be on the spot every night as an actor. You are damn lonesome standing out there.