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.

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.

The more golden the opportunity, the less likely you will see it.

Poetry is a shuffling of boxes of illusions buckled with a strap of facts.

To wait, for an actor, is not like someone who's waiting to see the doctor. It's not the kind of wait where you get bored.

I have nothing to speak of but my self-and what can I say but what I feel.

I've never given up. I've always kept going. I don't feel that I could afford to give up. That would be the beginning of the end.

I'm very blessed and I don't take anything for granted. I think if you alienate people and just focus on your work then it just becomes lonely and it's not fun anymore.

I did study Shakespeare, that was sort of my thing; I got a Literature A-level, which is my only claim to academic fame.

Clouds are like boogers hanging on the nostrils of the moon.

When someone asks about a career in fashion, I say start at the bottom. If you want to start a business, you have to know it from the ground up.