“Yet she felt an impostor, and already the mask had begun to bite into her face.”
“(All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadness)”
“She tried to allow herself only one biting remark an hour, and she had already overstepped her allowance.”
“He felt that he had to find Salander and hold her close. She would probably bite him if he tried.”
“Her heart had already been broken many times over, and yet she still believed she was destined to meet the man of her life. ”
“She turned her head to him then. Her face was as cool as the sea off Cornwall, yet her eyes blazed purple fire. "No, thank you, my Lord", she said bitingly. "I find I no longer care for your library, or anything in it.”