Quotes from Nalini Singh

Sometimes he hated that voice in his brain, the one that slapped him upside the head anytime he got too stupid. Funny, it happened a lot with Sienna.

The scent of the sea, a wild turbulent storm, crashing into her mind. Elena, why is Dmitri naked?

Her wild storm had just told her he loved her, the piercing joy of his song branding her as indelibly his. I'll be home soon, princess.

I could've totally cut out your heart before you knew what was happening." "What stopped you?" "I thought Montgomery might've been pissed off at all the blood on the sheets." "Montgomery would never be something as uncouth as pissed off. Annoyed in an icily genteel manner, perhaps.

Reason without emotion is often a mask for cruelty; emotion without reason can allow people to excuse all sorts of excesses.

Jesus H. Christ. I have new respect for the female of the species suddenly.

Human women have been slapping men for being bastards for centuries. You were doing what comes naturally.

Somehow the idea of Montgomery as a fairy doesn't have the same effect on me as it appears to have on you. -Raphael

Do you have no sense of self-preservation?

Your love is a fierce thing, Elena, a thing with claws and teeth when it comes to protecting those you claim.

However," he continued when she remained silent, her throat a knot of emotion, "it seems Montgomery could not help himself when it came to this vase. I'm afraid he has a weakness for beautiful things and has been known to relocate an item if he feels it is not being accorded the proper appreciation. Once he 'relocated' an ancient sculpture from the home of another archangel.

Excuse me. I think you must've accidentally used the wrong pronoun." The growl that rumbled up out of his chest was loud enough to rattle the water glass on the bedside table. "Fine, you can stand in the corner and cheer while I kill him.

You can drive." When he raised an eyebrow, she said, "I've had enough contact with human males to realize you seem to have a congenital inability to function while a female is at the wheel, and I'd rather your full attention be on the case.

Is your skin this tone all over?" "Only one way you're going to discover the answer to that.

Sara had named her daughter Zoe Elena. Damn if Elena hadn't sniffled like a baby herself when she found out.

Make me forget." A whisper, a plea. Not giving her what she wanted wasn't even an option. He switched their positions so she was under him. "Aren't you afraid I'll take advantage?" She wiped away her tears. "Please do." "Ask nice." "Why don't I make you angry instead? That gets me kissed a lot.

Maybe, just maybe, two broken people could manage to create something whole.

Riley knelt down, clasping the fur at the back of her neck. "You're fucking bruised all down your back. Why the hell didn't you tell me it hurt?" Because it didn't at the time, genius.

You said I could pet you as long as I liked." "Didn't say I wouldn't try to fuck you in the middle of the petting." Her eyes snapped up to meet his. "That's feline logic. You're a wolf." "I'm learning from the best.

I think Illium can take care of himself." "Not if he keeps flirting with you." A fine, almost elegant tendril of heat, champagne and sunshine, decadence in the light. "Raphael's not the sharing kind.

For a hunter, her shields were surprisingly weak, as if she somehow still saw innocence in the world. Then she will kill you. She will make you mortal. Was it not worth the loss of a little immortality to have that strange mix of innocence and strength close to him?

If I were to splay you out on my desk and thrust my fingers into you right now, I think I'd find different.

Why are you sad, Dorian?" He couldn't lie to her. "The leopard wants you to see it.

I could kiss you forever," she murmured against his lips, sucking at the lower one, playing with the upper, his body weight a luscious pressure. "I love feeling you against me." "You say such things, Elena. You will make me your slave.