Not that they were there to have fun – although with Kingsley Martin around, fun was never far from the agenda.
Do not cry for me, Azrael. Do not waste your tears. You made your decision. And this is mine. Sacrifice seems to be my destiny. A funny thing for a selfish man, isn’t it? They always called me weak back then...
It was maddening how your best friend could twist the knobs inside of you so much that it hurt.
I am not sorry for a moment. It was worth every moment, every second we were together. I would not change it for an immortal lifetime.
She could not trust herself to hope – but without hope, she realized, she had no reason to go on.
I haven’t paid for anything since I became famous.
When she reached the shallow end, Kingsley held out his hand and pulled her up, but she lost her step and fell into his arms, her body crushing momentarily against his.
Kingsley did the same, except he also removed his T-shirt, showing off his broad chest, tan and smooth. When had Kingsley had time to work on his tan? Mimi wondered.
I don’t want to make the same mistakes I’ve made before. I want to be free. I want to be with you. We will be together. I believe I will have less to live for, if I am not with you.
Kingsley, ever the joker, had his Venator mark tattooed near his unmentionables.
He wasn’t perfect, but he was perfect for her.
When their lips met, and their tongues touched, it was like they were kissing in a hundred different places, and her senses were flooded with new sensations and old memoires. He kissed her, and their souls melted into each other in a melody older than time.
You have punished me long enough, you have punished yourself long enough. Return to me. I beg.
Instead of fearing the future, I should live and enjoy the present, she told herself.
Death was just the beginning of a journey that everyone took at some point.
Thank you for loving me enough to let me go.
Maybe she’d been drinking too much of the super-sweet Mexican Coca-Cola they had down here. Or maybe she was just tired, alone, and far from home. Because somewhere in the brittle, concrete center of Azrael’s dark heart, something was melting.
Oliver liked to play the part of disaffected youth, but he liked shopping in SoHo even more.
I love her because she has become something more to me. She become my life.
A bad boy can be very good for a girl.