Quotes from Storm Constantine

Shem noticed a reserve in Daniel's tone, a stony reticence that had not been there before.

When people stopped to stare at him, his flesh shrank, because he thought they found him objectionable. He did not realise how striking he was, how the mark of his people set him apart, surrounded him with an ambience of otherworldiness, something bewitching. This lack of self-awareness contributed greatly to his allure.

You can't bear to think that Valraven is like the rest of us-a mixture of attributes, both good and bad.

Lahash flicked her a glance like a serpent's tongue, black and quick and wet in an otherwise dry countenance.

You took me from the crystal, the first gate to the source, and dragged me to into the abyss. You sought to eclipse all knowledge of light from my soul, so that I would become your dark god. But Sofia…" and here he paused with a smile. "Don't you understand that by showing me the dark of the Tree, you made me into the perfect avatar of the Shamir? The true king must have knowledge of both light and dark. You gave me this.

Shem shivered in the clammy heat of the city. It felt as if the picture had crossed time as well as distance to reach him.

Caradoreans were valued in Magrast. They were seen as lucky, as if they carried a special magic in their blood.

People with bright clothes, white flashing teeth and dark mysterious eyes come to knock on the castle doors.

She appeared to be confused as if Finnigin's questions had thrown her into a state where she herself had begun to ask questions.

The air felt strange against Daniel's skin, alive with unseen presences.

How can you believe it's over? If anything, it's only just beginning. For both of us.

I am she who once lived within your father, but he cast me out at the old domain. I miss him so badly. I miss the warmth of flesh. Let me in, Dragon Heir. Let me lie comfortably within your skin. I can show you such delights.

Salamiel covered his head with his hands and the scent of hallowed blood rained down upon him.

He was like a sculptor, shaping flesh. His hands, his lips, travelled her body, carrying sensation.

Come now, lad, there's no room for a down look like that on your bonny face.

The elements must combine to create a greater whole. You are fire, Bayard, and the firedrakes will bow to you, but we need the others.

It was possible this girl's father had merely been named as child for the renegade Watcher, but the idea that it might really be Kashday was too alluring to ignore.

All he saw of the house, as Taropat carried him through its dim-lit rooms, were picture fragments: a high-backed chair: a tilted painting of a frowning face: the gleam of a crystal ball on a cluttered table; a tattered cloth hung from the ceiling; cracked pain on the walls beside the stairs.

My dear, if you insist on spending so much time among humans, you will start thinking like them.

I need Owen, Lily. You must help me. It would be inconvenient if he opposed me, us. We must have him with him.

Your time will come again, dark queen, but come, let us embrace as sisters at last.

The royal brothers both adored and loathed one another, each aware that the others were continually trying to usurp their father's favor.

She had learned to be quite adept at hurt silences.

Perhaps, by seeing them in the flesh, I would exorcise the ghosts their images had conjured in my mind.