Alycia Luster

“Turren blinked and then smiled from ear to ear. “What makes a pure soul extra purer?”

“I don’t know,” Sebastian said. “I didn’t eat anything weird today.”
― Sam Argent

“I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.”
― Jim Butcher, Fool Moon

“My silence was reward for you saying something intelligent. I'm a firm believer in positive reinforcement.”
― Sam Argent

“Annie, last year.... That day in the yard.... I made a mistake not strapping on a gun the minute I found you, and it wasn't that I was against marrying you, it was that I was against letting them make me do anything. So they almost killed Foxface and threatened to shoot the horses, and I gave in. But they could have shot everything in five miles to pieces and couldn't have made me crawl."

A tremor passed through her, but he continued. "That was last year. Now if somebody pointed a gun at you, really could hurt you, I'd crawl on my belly or my knees or do anything else. Maybe that's part of why loving is frightening. I'd rather pay the price and have you than be invincible because I have nothing.”
― Ellen O'Connell, Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold