Alyssa

“It’s love. Love is the absolute killer. Care. The milk of human kindness. People try so hard to save the people they love that they end up catching the contagion themselves. They give comfort, deliver aid, and in doing so they acquire the infection. Then those people are cared for by others and they get infected. On and on it goes.” He shrugs. “But that’s people. People care too much. They love at all costs. And so they pay the ultimate price.”
― Nick Cutter, The Troop

“Colin blinked, as if the question of a woman with a brain were one that had never occurred to him.”
― Julia Quinn, The Viscount Who Loved Me

“I won’t offer you a penny for your thoughts, since I know they can’t possibly be worth that much, but what are you thinking about?”
― Julia Quinn, The Viscount Who Loved Me

“I thought dukes were good matches even if they had two heads and spit while they talked.” She laughed. “Out of both mouths!”
― Julia Quinn, The Duke and I