#mon

Magnus snapped his fingers again, menacingly. "Get up." "Or you'll be the next one to go up in smoke," said Simon with relish. "There's no need to clarify my finger snap. The implication was clear in the snap itself. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#simon-lewis #magnus-bane

She was tipping her head back to inquire, when two men entered the great hall and the question flew right out of her head. They were simply two of the most gorgeous men she'd ever seen. Twins, though different. They were both tall and powerfully built. One was taller by a few inches, with dark hair that swept just past his shoulders and eyes like shard of silver and ice while the other had long black hair falling in a single braid to his waist, and eyes as gold as Adam's torque. They were elegantly dressed in tailored clothing of dark hues, with magnificent bodies that dripped with raw sex appeal. Oh, my, she marveled, they don't amek men like these in the States. Were these typical Scotsmen? If so, she was going to have to get Elizabeth over here somehow. A connoisseur of romance novels, Elizabeth's favorites were the Scottish ones, and these two men looked as if they'd just stepped straight off one of those covers. "Try not to gape, ka-lyrra. They're only human. Mortal. Puny. And married. Both of them. Happily. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#dageus #drustan #gabby #ka-lyrra #karen-marie-moning

I knew I was a little different from most demons but nothing says freak of nature like a one-eyed gypsy saying I had a rainbow glow. It just didn't sound complimentary. ↗

— Mary Abshire

#paranormal-romance #romance #urban-fantasy #vampire-romance #vampires

A place that proves if you get enough talented people in a room, one or two are bound to offer some helpful advice. Kind if like monkeys with typewriters. ↗

— A. Lee Martinez

#monkeys-with-typewriters #writing #writing-advice

Everything that's worth having is some trouble… ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#l-m-montgomery

Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but, how much of God’s money will I keep for myself? ↗

— John Wesley

#god #money #money

There comes a moment when the silence between two people can have the purity of a diamond. ↗

— Philippe Djian

#diamond #love #silence #love

Do you think it's possible to do something so bad, even if you didn't mean to do it, that you can never come back from it? That no one can forgive you?" Luke looked at him for a long, silent moment. Then he said, "Think of someone you love, Simon. Really love. Is there anything they could ever do that would mean you would stop loving them? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#luke-garroway #simon-lewis #forgiveness

I have neither the ability of a poet or the flourish of a dramatist. But I must admit I was floored ↗

— Tushar Raheja

#love

Yes, yes, no one denies, for example, that you're going to be able to fix the Murray through the Living Murray process without money, no one denies that. ↗

— John Anderson

#denies #example #fix #for example #going