

“Fall on your knees before no human being.”
― A Fine Balance
― A Fine Balance

“Take me with you. I want a doomed love. I want streets at night, wind and rain, no one wondering where I am.”
― The Hours
― The Hours

“ In 1658, Francis Andrew Ransome stole the Alchemy Scroll from St. Julian’s college, my present employer. Ransome was a member of a transatlantic group called The Invisible College. They were alchemists, meaning they worked with matter and spirit together.”
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
― The Alchemy Fire Murder

“You must find a boy your own age. Someone mild and beautiful to be your lover. Someone who will tremble for your touch, offer you a marguerite by its long stem with his eyes lowered. Someone whose fingers are a poem.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander

“I had in the first place spoken extremely frankly, and unexpected frankness about oneself is never unacceptable.”
― Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina
― Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina
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