Black Heart Quotes

“So how do you make your exit?" she asked. "In a puff of smoke? Or do you just vaporize?"
He grinned at her. "Much as I hate to be a crushing disappointment to you, I reckon I'll just take the door.”
― Justin Somper, Black Heart

“Maybe home isn't a place. Maybe it's a feeling you have inside of you, being around the people who matter to you”
― Justin Somper, Black Heart

“Well Connor thought ruefully At least now I know who to thank for my anger issues.”
― Justin Somper, Black Heart

“Look," Grace said. "How strange! In spite of the rain, you can still see the stars. How bright they are tonight." She pointed, but Lorcan didn't look. His eyes remained fixed intently on her.
"I can't think of a finer sight in the whole world than the one I'm looking at right now," he said.
In spite of being drenched, Grace flushed at his words.
Lorcan's eyes sparkled at her, brighter than ever before.
It was as if the rare blue gems of his iriseshad been washed by the rain amd buffed by the moonlight to a new intensity. "Grace, there's been something I've wanted to do for a very long time now, but things have kept getting in the way." He reached forward, bringing a hand to the side of her face. Then he gently but firmly drew her wet face toward his. He gazed at her, as if seeing her for the first time. Then he brought his soft lips down to hers and kissed her.”
― Justin Somper, Black Heart

“Don't start something that you cannot finish.”
― Justin Somper, Black Heart

“She remembered Grace telling her about Lorcan's evasiveness when she'd first joined the Noctourne-his ability to speak without saying anything, to talk in riddles.

He's a conundrum, thought Cheng Li. A walking, talking conundrum”
― Justin Somper, Black Heart

“The only journeys worth taking in life are those that test us to the very core”
― Justin Somper, Black Heart

“Sometimes, Stukeley wondered if the captain, in spite of his considerable powers, was blessed with the memory of a goldfish.”
― Justin Somper, Black Heart

“My last words to him were to assure him that we would bring Sally to join him later. And you know what your dad said? He said that he would wait for as long as it took."
Grace bit her lip. "But she never came, did she? And he never stopped waiting.”
― Justin Somper, Black Heart

“What's the idea with Moonshine joining the team?"
Cate leaned forward. "It's politics, Connor," she said. "Pure politics. When Barbarro persuaded Molucco to loan us out, he insisted that Moonshine come, too. He's under the impression it will be character building for him!"
"Character building?" Connor exclaimed. "Are you sure that Barbarro isn't secretly hoping a Vampirate will do us all a favor and finish him off?"
Bart laughed.”
― Justin Somper, Black Heart

“So I'm deputizing for the deputy, am I?, asked Connor with a grin.”
― Justin Somper, Black Heart

“ A woman's touch?!' he repeated, 'What is he thinking hermano?

Stukeley frowned. ''Captain doesn't know whether it's dinnertime or doomsday, mate. That's the state Lady Losckwood's got him in.We'be tried to talk some sense into him, but it just goes in one ear and out the other. IT's not as if he had much of an attention span to begin with, but since Lady Muck came on to the scene...”
― Justin Somper, Black Heart

“She remembered Grace telling her about Lorcan's evasiveness when she'd first joined the Noctourne-his ability to speak without saying anything, to talk in riddles. He's a conundrum, thought Cheng Li. A walking, talking conundrum”
― Justin Somper, Black Heart