Jenny

“Out of curiosity, would you be willing to take a lie detector test?”

“I’m afraid not,” he said. “It goes against my religion.”

His brow furrowed. “How?”

“Only God can judge me. I certainly don’t trust a machine to do it.”

“You only have to worry if you’re untruthful. Do you plan to lie?”

“No, I prefer to sit, thank you.”
― J.M. Darhower, Redemption

“Alexander, of whom men tell many legends, lived by his own. Achilles must have Patroklos. He might love his Briseis; but Patroklos was the friend till death. At their tombs in Troy, Alexander and Hephaistion had sacrificed together. Wound Patroklos, and Achilles will have your blood.”
― Mary Renault, The Persian Boy

“Fortune's wheel takes you very high and then throws you very low, and there is nothing you can do but face the turn of it with courage.”
― Philippa Gregory, The White Princess

“He was Carmine Marcello DeMarco…and even broken, he was beautiful.”
― J.M. Darhower, Redemption