“(Men without ambition are boring)And that attitude, mistress, is why the females of your kind continue to struggle for equality. And why they continue to fail.”

“That was ridiculous," I told Dorian, once she'd left. "She's not the kind of person to fall for your flirting.""On the contrary," said Dorian. "She's exactly the kind of person to fall for it. I understand these warrior maids, you know. They live such harsh, cold lives, always trying to keep up with the men... when really, they just need someone to make them feel like a woman. And that, of course, is an area in which I excel. Why, if I'd had ten minutes alone with her—”

“Why not see which is brighter: your aura or the sun?”

“But why would Victor and Robert take her? And how the hell did two old men subdue a teenage girl anyway?”

“Thats why your doing this? Because Lissa told you to?”

“You're beautiful in battle. ... Like an avenging angel come to deliver the justice of heaven.""Funny. That is kind of why I'm here.""Angels fall, Rose.”

“I neither require nor desire your gratitude, mistress. I want nothing in these worlds save your death." Volusian to Eugenie”