Quotes from Nalini Singh

To say Mercants are a tight-knit unit is a slight understatement. More correct would be to say that if the consider you a threat to one of their own, they will cut out your liver, fry it in front of you, then offer it to you with a side dish of poison of choice.

enjoy the now. It'll be gone soon enough, and no one knows what the next hour, much less tomorrow, will bring." Elena decided she should

Are you going to be serious?" She scowled. "No. I'd rather cause an earthquake.

Vaughn had never been this content. It was as if a missing part of him had come home, a part of that he'd been functionning without but, now that he's found it, the loss of which he'd never survive. Faith was inside him, held in the core of his animal heart, protected by every ounce of strength he had.

Me, I like my woman so tough grown men whimper and hide when they see her coming their way.

had made her see that there was hope for many of her squadmates, hope for a life beyond the regimented existence of an Arrow. Those like Zaira could stand sentinel against the darkness so others could be free to grab at life.

Panic threatened but was beaten into submission by her will to live. Elena P. Deveraux had never given up yet.

Do not steal what only has value if freely given.

Focus on the squadron, Naasir. I will take care of Lijuan.

I seduce you into forgiving me.

I will personally nail his nuts to the floor before slicing him to ribbons.

I want to be alone . . . said no bear ever. —The Traveler's Guide to Changelings (Revised Edition: 1897)

Something bad happened to me, didn't it?" Worse than the captivity, worse than the torture after she created the labyrinth. Kaleb knew he'd made a major tactical error. But he'd promised Sahara he'd never lie to her, so he said, "Yes," and waited. "I'm not ready yet." Her hand fell to his shoulder. "Not strong enough yet. But I will be soon.

Mercy kicked out a leg and spun, hitting her target--her favorite tree. She called it Riley, having been driven to kick it after their first real meeting.

Now I'm going to have my dinner. Unless you'd like me to further kick your mangy ass.

Boyfriend?" Her cheeks heated. "Yes." "Funny name." "What?" She frowned. "Ernest is a perfectly nice name." "Oh, I thought I heard you call him Ermine.

Pain is the best indicator of whether something is an illusion or reality." -Kaleb

Let's talk when you're ready." Hawke's grin deepened. "In the meantime, get a room.

Instead of answering, Judd—having built up the correct focus—bent the muzzle of the gun downward, rendering it ineffective. The rebel Arrow threw it aside, hitting Judd with a telepathic blow at the same time … but Judd had his psychic hands in the cells of the male's heart. He shifted things enough to pinch a blood vessel.

We are all scarred by life. And mortals die where angels recover.

Si no reclamas a alguien, no pueden rechazarte, no pueden abandonarte, no pueden romperte el maldito corazón.

No one goes through life with a whole heart.

No one had told her that her fairy-tale wedding to a rich man from abroad was one of the original dark tales and not the sanitized cutesy version.

Protect the bonds with the people you can trust," my mother had said to me as we crossed over to Diana's house one day. "Those bonds are rare. A person who won't stab you in the back is a gift.