Cold Fire Quotes

“Male or female, what did it matter, really, when the body yearned?”
― Kate Elliott, Cold Fire

“We dispute the arbitrary distribution of power and wealth, which is claimed as the natural order, but which is in fact not natural at all but rather artificially created and sustained by ancient privileges.”
― Kate Elliott, Cold Fire

“Why do you ask me questions to which you already know the answer?"
She tapped me on the arm with her painted fan. "To annoy you, dearest.”
― Kate Elliott, Cold Fire

“I shall bury the blade in your skull, just above your right eye."
"That's what I love about you. Your precision.”
― Kate Elliott, Cold Fire

“To withhold trust until there is no doubt is not trust.”
― Kate Elliott, Cold Fire

“Where do I start? Revolutions to plot. Enemies to crush. Handsome men to rescue.”
― Kate Elliott, Cold Fire

“She spoke in a caustic tone that would surely have burned out anyone else's tongue had they attempted it.”
― Kate Elliott, Cold Fire

“His brow furrowed in a way that suggested he was calculating my likely ability to be that naive.”
― Kate Elliott, Cold Fire

“Words flooded like the storm's surge in a wild burst of anger that took me utterly by surprise.”
― Kate Elliott, Cold Fire

“Then he strode toward me as if certain I was about to bolt and he must catch me before I did so.”
― Kate Elliott, Cold Fire

“In truth what had drawn my eye was the rear view of a young man stripped to the waist and plying an adze along a beam. I could not help but admire his muscled back.”
― Kate Elliott, Cold Fire