He brought up both hands to hold my face. "I would die for you, Isabelle.""No." I shook my head. "Live for me.

My father’s corporation, the Nero Organization, supplied assassins for hire. Killing was our business, and business had been good for years.

I could shoot you in the foot.""Please do. At least then I wouldn't have to endure this sock humiliation any longer.

You should've mentioned you were bringing a beautiful woman. I would've combed my hair.

The wolf demands her mate. But the woman loathes the man.

State first, subject second, statesman last.

Everything God created is good, with the possible exception of cats.

After all, isn't the purpose of the novel, or of a museum, for that matter, to relate our memories with such sincerity as to transform individual happiness into a happiness all can share?

Never pursue happiness, just create it inside you.

It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.

Let me tell you right now, you are not alone. Seeking help requires incredible strength and courage. The most powerful weapon you have against bullying is your voice.

Experiment is the sole interpreter of the artifices of Nature.

You must think that something is happening upon you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hand; it will not let you fall.

I tried a very fancy attack I'd learned in France, which involved a beat, a feint in quarte, a feint in sixte, and a lunge veering off into an attack on his wrist. I nicked him, and the blood flowed.

The more you write, the better you will write! So - keep at it!