“Aurore had a well-maintained body that met the basic requirements of haute couture.”

“No matter what the challenge, Aurore always felt stronger on her own territory. Her deepest faith abided in her vines. She knew her childhood home on Cyprus like she knew her own body.”

“What I thought we might have a conversation about, is basically I do math, sir, not clandestine operations that severely deplete my mental resources.”

“For the fist time since she'd met him five years ago, Zander Duffield looked like a child acting the role of a Titan in a school play--instead of the Titan he actually was.”

“She had to remind herself that she was in recovery from being rich.”

“David Kay, listening in, had no idea what this was about, but he watched in horror as Mrs. Russet's gaze turned from weathered shingles to flint.”

“A girl could be born rich. But nobody was born a hero.”