Matilde Damkier

“He ducked, caught her by the legs, and threw her over his shoulder—with the ease of a man who’d tossed many a woman over his shoulder. This was definitely not his first go at lady-tossing”
― Tessa Dare, Romancing the Duke

“Jackson plotted a four-step, fool-proof process.

Step One: Confess the mercy killing first.

Step Two: Wait for Ryn to acclimate to Jackson’s ability to take another’s life.

Step Three: Make her fall so deep in love with him that not even the assassin confession could drive her away.

Step Four: Be prepared to gently hold her in captivity until she snaps out of her inevitable conniption fit because realistically there is no way Step Three would ever fly.”
― Jewel E. Ann, Dawn of Forever

“A wise man once said, “A human mind is the place where emotion and reason are locked in perpetual combat. Sadly for our species, emotion always wins.” I really liked that quote. It explained why, even though I was reasonably intelligent, I kept finding myself doing something really stupid. And it sounded much better than “Nevada Baylor, Total Idiot.”
― Ilona Andrews, White Hot

“When the navy hears the phrase 'secure the building', they turn off the lights and go home; the marines kill everything inside and set up a base of their operations, the Airforce takes out a five-year lease with the option to buy.”
― C.C. Masters, Finding Somewhere to Belong