Leopard's Run Quotes

“One of us needs to know how to talk. I'm good with a gun, I think you should take up talking.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“Her soft voice nearly was the end of his strength. Just when he was certain there was no way he could love her more, she did something like that. She made him feel as if he was everything to her. He'd never been everything to anyone.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“He was the kind of man who could kiss a woman, laying his heart at her feet, and then go torture and kill an enemy to ensure those he loved survived another day.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“You’re the first thing I’ve ever wanted for myself. You’re the first time I’ve ever thought maybe I could have some kind of life. I don’t want you to go, not for my leopard or yours, but for me.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“Excitement had her blood rushing through her veins and her heart beating wildly. That was it. All of it. He made her feel alive. Every second she was with him, no matter the emotion. She felt intensely alive.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“There was something about those cold, cold eyes that set off sparks in her. Not just sparks. A timber fire. He found something deep inside her that had never been touched before and it ignited just for him.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“No one will ever need you more than I do, Ashe. And no man will ever work harder to make certain you’re happy. I can promise those two things.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“never want you to think for one moment that I don’t love you. That I’m with you for my leopard, Ashe. I’m with you for me.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“Stay with me, Ashe,” he whispered enticingly. “Take a chance on me.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“She laughed, and the sound was tantalizing. He didn't understand how musical notes could stroke a man's skin and dance along his thighs. He didn't understand how the notes could be an arrow that pierced his heart. She owned him.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“It was as if he wore a mask and whatever went on behind it wasn't for the world --or her--to see. And she wanted to. She wanted to be that woman, the one who knew him inside and out.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“That kind of loyalty could never be bought . Fear couldn't buy that loyalty. Timur was reminded of that every time he saw the two men. They weren't related by blood, but they were brothers all the same.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“I will rule you, Ashe,” he admitted. “I’ll tell you what to do and you’ll give me that snippy look you have and tell me what to do.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“Why is it I always get in very inappropriate conversations with you? Sweet god in heaven, woman, you're the bane of my life”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“Keep making fun of my name and every time you order a drink, I'm going to put something in it you won't like”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“Your are? he demanded....................I'm in the women's bathroom, which is supposed to be private to women”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“I'm in love with you Ashe. I'm not offering you a lot in the way of white picket fences and social status, but I can tell you that I'll love you with every breath I take.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“Your woman's a badass, Timur,"he said. "She can't cook worth shit, but she's a badass." [...] "Don't ever cross her," Jeremiah warned. "She knows more ways to kill a man than I do. Seriously, boss, don't do it." [...]"She's inventive when it comes to killing men."He beckoned Timur closer and waited for him to bend down. He looked left and right to make certain no one would over hear him. "You're so lucky, man. She's a total babe," he whispered. "She's a mankiller, and that's hot as hell.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“Ashe's entire face lit up when she laughed. That laughter did something to his insides, turning him to mush, so he thought some of the ice that had frozen all emotions so many years earlier had melted and allowed her deeper.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“Our cats are moody and vicious and if it goes wrong, we have no choice but to put it down. Humans have problems understanding that because they are doing their best to evolve to a higher plane."

Ashe didn't point out that she thought it wasn't working.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“He presented a mask of indifference to the rest of the world, but for her--and their future children-- he would be different. He would share fun and laughter.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“Ashe couldn't help the way her heart beat faster. Danger. Why did she find herself running right toward it all the time? What was it about adrenaline that made her such an addict? She wanted to feel this way, exhilarated, alive and not quite safe. It was playing with fire, and she knew better.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“Timur." She whispered his name. Knowing she shouldn't. Unable to stop herself. She waited until his blue eyes lifted to hers. "You're not a psychopath, nor are you what your father tried to shape you into. You're...extraordinary.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“She'd managed, in a very short period of time, to slip under his guard and get inside him. There was something very valiant about her.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“Keep making fun of my name and every time you order a drink, I'm going to put something in it you aren't going to like," Ashe muttered under her breath.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“Her eyes caught him first thing. They were almost too big for her face. A very light brown, amber really, like a fine whiskey you spipped at night when you just wanted to lay it all down.”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run

“I curl my hand around her throat so her heart beats right into my palm," Fyodor confessed as if he could read Timur's mind. "Even that isn't enough. I can hear my own heart beating right over top of hers because I'm terrified living with the idea that I could lose her".”
― Christine Feehan, Leopard's Run