Isidro Bashford

“My honour and my pride are in my heart, and not in what the world says.”
― Philippa Gregory, Stormbringers

“It’s the crudest insult he could fling at me, yet I manage to remain calm because nothing he says can hurt me now. I simply don’t care. Instead I laugh. “You know, I’ve just realized something about you. You really are a bastard.” “At least I’m not the one who wants to fuck the bush guide.” “How do you know I haven’t already?” He flings himself onto his side, turning his back to me.”
― Tess Gerritsen, Die Again

“It's just that in the Deep South, women learn at a young age that when the world is falling apart around you, it's time to take down the drapes and make a new dress.”
― Karen Moning, Faefever

“Eyes shining, mouths open, triumphant, they savored the right of domination. They were lifted up: were friends.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies