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“When I create a fantasy world, I want it all.”
― Ruth Cardello

“My Dear Julianne,

If you wish to know how I feel about you, just ask me.

Yours,
Gabriel”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“Look at me and tell me it meant nothing to you, and I will let you go.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“You could have any woman you want, Gabriel.”

He furrowed his eyebrows. “I only want you.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“At first he didn’t recognize her. She was breathtakingly beautiful, her movements sure and graceful. Yet there was something about her face and figure that reminded him of the girl he’d fallen in love with long ago. They’d gone their separate ways, and he had always mourned her, his angel, his muse, his beloved Beatrice. Without her, his life had been lonely and small.
Now his blessedness appeared.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“How long did you want me to stay?”

“Forever.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“Grace isn't something we deserve, Gabriel," Julia said softly. "It comes from love. And God wraps the world in second chances and sticky little leaves and mercy, even though some people don't want them.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Rapture

“Addictive personalities can latch on to anything: drugs, alcohol, sex, people…what if you become addicted to me?”

“I am already addicted to you, Beatrice. Only you’re far more dangerous than cocaine.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“I want to make love to you because I care about you. I want to worship your naked body with my own and learn all of your secrets. I want to please you, not for minutes, but for hours and even days. I want to see you arch your back in ecstasy and look into your eyes when I make you come.”
― Sylvain Reynard

“I like your…outfit.” His eyes took in the naked flesh that was visible below the edge of the shirttail.
“I like your outfit too. You’re looking awfully casual this morning, Professor.”
He leaned forward and gave her a heated look. “Miss Mitchell, you’re lucky I decided to put on any clothes at all.” He chuckled at her fierce blush and disappeared into the kitchen.
Oh, gods of all virgins who are planning to have sex with their sex-god (no blasphemy intended) boyfriends, please don’t let me spontaneously combust when he finally takes me to bed. I really need a Gabriel-induced orgasm, especially after last night. Please. Please. Pretty please…”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“I wandered in the darkness looking for something better, something real. I found you, and I'll be damned if I'm going to lose you.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Rapture

“I found my hope when I found you.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“Gabriel kissed Julia as if he knew her, as if she belonged to him. His kiss was passionate and full of emotion, as if every fiber of his being had melted and spread itself on his lips only to be given to her.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“Everyone wants to know where evil comes from and why the world is riddled with it. Why doesn't anyone ask where goodness comes from?”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Rapture

“Open your eyes.”
Julia looked up into a pair of blue orbs that were startlingly clear and very emotional, but she could not decipher the emotions. He smiled and pressed his lips to her forehead again before rolling onto his back and gazing up at the stars.
“What are you thinking?” She shifted herself so that she was curled up at his side, close to but not touching him with her body.
“I was thinking about how I waited for you. I waited and waited, and you never came.” He smiled at her sadly.
“I’m sorry, Gabriel.”
“You’re here now. Apparuit iam beatitudo vestra.”
“I don’t know what that means.” She sounded shy.
“It means now your blessedness appears. But really, it should be now my blessedness appears. Now that you’re here.” He pulled her closer, snaking his arm beneath her neck and down to her waist where he splayed his hand, fingers wide, at the small of her back. “For the rest of my life, I’ll dream of hearing your voice breathe my name.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“Look at me. I want to see your eyes when you come.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“I'm sorry you don't want to know me anymore. I will spend the rest of my life regretting the fact that I wasted my second chance to know you. And I will always be conscious of your absence."- Gabriel to Julia.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“So drop the Mr. Rochester-Mr. Darcy-Heathcliff British stuck-uppity and treat her like the treasure she is”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“Miss Mitchell had a lovely voice, it was true, but Miss Mitchell speaking Italian was something celestial. Her ruby mouth opening and closing, the delicate way she almost sang the words, her tongue peeking out to wet her lips from time to time...Professor Emerson had to remind himself to close his mouth after it had dropped open.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“If I have a soul, it's yours.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“After all we've shared, I just want to hold you and be close. Rest in my arms and know that I love you.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“She wanted more. More of him. More of this and them...she wanted to see him come apart above her and know that they had done this together.
She wanted to find their own beautiful rhythm. The music swirled and rose about them, a tempting pace she was eager to match.
She smiled, and he felt her smile travel all the way to his heart, allaying his worries.
Without breaking eye contact, he began to move in and out maddeningly slowly.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“A lion in charge of wolves, she thought. How convenient.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“Bad things happen to everyone. Not that this was an excuse or a justification for wronging another human being. Still, all humans had this shared experience — that of suffering. No human being left this world without shedding a tear, or feeling pain, or wading into the sea of sorrow.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“She is not my equal; she is my better. She is my sticky little leaf.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Rapture

“That was before I decided to bring an angel to my bed.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“Being without you, Julianne, is like enduring an endless night without stars.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“I don't like to think of anything as hopeless”
― Sylvain Reynard

“For the rest of my life, I'll dream of hearing your voice breathe my name.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno

“Love is doing a kindness for someone else, not expecting to receive anything in return.”
― Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Rapture