The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo Quotes

“There are only two indisputable facts in this world: One, that the sun will set in the west. And two, that I'll come for you. Always.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo

“All that is or ever was good in me begins and ends with you. Every time I said you were mine, I meant that I was yours. Always. Always.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo

“I don’t know about heaven, but I know hell exists. I’ve spent most of my life there.” He ignored her soft sound of distress. “But through all that. Through everything that’s been done to me, I’ve only ever believed in one thing.” “What’s that?” she whispered. “That the sun would set in the west, and that I would come for you.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo

“All that is or ever was good in me begins and ends with you" he breathed. "Every time I said you were mine, I meant that I was yours. Always. Always, Lorelai, I've been yours. I'd go through everything I've suffered in my nearly forty years on this earth if it brought me to this moment.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo

“You are not a hole in my heart, you are the whole of my heart."
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You said that when you met me, my eyes were dead. They were dead. I was dead. And if I lose you, they will be again. ... There's a darkness in me, Lorelai one I'm afraid will consume your light. But, God help me, I can't let you go."
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That isn't how light works, is it? Darkness is easily overcome. Not light. The smallest hint of illumination ... can slip through the most infinitesimal crack. It is never the other way around." Chapter 22, page 246.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo

“He was a living, breathing sin.
In her bedroom.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo

“There was nothing her Ash could not overcome. Nothing he'd not endured. He had a resilience and strength only belonging to men of myth and ancient Gods. He was her own, personal legend." Chapter 22, page 243”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo

“But time will end before I stop loving you.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo

“Sniffing away vision clouded by emotion, he turned to Longhurst. “Whatever fate befalls her, I’ll visit upon your bones threefold, you mark me.” That taken care of, he slammed out of the office, but not before hearing Lorelai’s sweet apologies. “Do pardon him, Doctor, he really is working on making fewer death threats on my behalf.” “It’s all right,” Dr. Longhurst replied. “I’m physician to many of Blackwell’s associates and their wives and children. That isn’t even the worst threat I’ve received this week. And here I am. Still alive.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo

“Blackwell made a pithy sound of consternation. “We find ourselves in a rather complicated predicament.” “How’s that?” Moncrieff stepped to his captain’s side, his hand in his jacket, presumably on a weapon. Blackwell’s eye speared the first mate, glittering with reservation, his own hand reaching behind him. “I cannot, in good conscience, allow innocent women to be held at Ben More against their will.” Farah snorted. “Since when?”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo

“The first smile she’d ever witnessed spread over his fiendishly sensual lips. It was the smile of a shark, all teeth and temptation. “Out there, I am captain and I am king. In this chamber, you rule me. You command me.” His eyes captured hers, and where she’d seen voids before she now saw nothing but opportunity. And something else. Something … she might have once called yearning. “You own me.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo

“Lorelai turned to Veronica and kissed her cheek. “I’ll be all right. Every time we’re broken, we get back up and limp along. Isn’t that what we’ve always said?”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo

“His was an appetite crafted only for this woman, and he’d not be satisfied until he’d sampled every lush, pale or pink inch of her. Driven by twenty years of pent-up need, he backed her against the nearest wall, lifting her so her weight wouldn’t rest on her ankle. She might be slight, and delicate, but he had enough strength for them both. She never had to worry about that. He would bear the brunt of any cruelty. He’d shield her from pain. He’d fulfill her every whim. All she’d have to do was endure him.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo

“He took a threatening step toward her. “I will feed you from my hand, if I must.” “You cannot just force me to do something every time I refuse you.” “Actually, I can. And I will. Now. Eat.” He gestured to the table. “Buttered croissants and apricot marmalade are your favorite.” She glowered at him. “How do you know that after all this time my tastes haven’t changed?” “Have they?” “… No,” she admitted glumly. He lifted a challenging eyebrow. “Not in pastries anyhow,” she amended. His lip twitched in an almost charming semblance of a smile. “You eat. I’ll bathe. How perfectly civilized we’ll be.” “Oh yes,” she mockingly agreed. “It’ll be breakfast, a bath, and then a bit of rape before tea.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo

“What did heaven and earth even mean if not for her? Not a single thing. She was his prayer in the night. His song in the dark. His past and present. His future. And he hadn’t even laid eyes on her yet. It wouldn’t matter what she looked like. His heart had already decided to beat for her.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo

“He measured time in the increments between her visits. When he’d been reassembled, bathed, stitched, or simply had a bandage changed, she’d been there. Touching him. Crooning reassurances and praising his progress. Promising recovery. She sang to him sometimes, her voice high and sweet and … unencumbered by talent or pitch of any kind. Christ, she really was terrible. But every time she finished, he promised the devil his soul for one more song.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo