“Some say that I was once uncommonly beautiful, but I wouldn't wish beauty on any woman who has not her own freedom, and who chooses not the hands that claim her.”
“Ever had a woman say no to you, Dmitri?”“Once.” He turned the corner with a smile that made her want to cup his face, trace those beautiful lips with her own. “I married her.”
“I suppose The Beautiful Woman Who Can Manipulate the World with Her Mind' is too unweildy.”
“It's a feeling which tells me that any woman can be beautiful in the eyes of a man who loves her.”
“I wish the rose was as beautiful as the woman who gives it as a gift...but to say so would be to lie. But I will accept the lesser if it pleases the greater of the two...and I say, THANK YOU”
“I...have a woman in my arms who has suffered greatly and desperately needs to believe once again that she is beautiful.”