The Kinsmen Universe Quotes

“Subsection A. Two male partners and one female partner.” “Pass,” Nagrad called. There were deep bags under his eyes. “Let it be known that Lord Nagrad abandons all claim to the act described in entry number three hundred and twelve, subsection A and all the subsequent positions described or listed under subsection A.” “So noted,” the witnesses intoned. Everyone made the appropriate notations in their copy of the list.”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“She sighed. “He caught me off-guard. I expected coldness, some sort of brutal physical test, perhaps a ritual where I’d have to untangle tree branches without breaking the leaves or untie an impossible knot. I didn’t expect dirty pictures. It goes against everything I know about them. It makes me question my assumptions.”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“Venturo laughed and then the laugh died. "Why didn't you tell me?" "I almost did, up in the roof garden. And then you went on about how I had a nice quiet mind." He groaned. "I was trying to pay you a compliment." She mimicked him. "'You have such a quiet mind, Claire. I deal all day with people whose brains are noisy.' Was I supposed to come back with, by the way, I can kill you with my brain and I indulge in dirty fantasies about you in my spare time?”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“I want immunity," she repeated, her voice hoarse. "I don't want to be prosecuted for things you may see in my mind." He grimaced. "In light of your exemplary service, I'm sure we can overlook the occasional theft of tea and cookies from the office. Everyone steals office supplies now and then." "Venturo!" He looked at her. "I want immunity.”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“I take back my sad story," Ven said. "Yours is worse.”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“She looked at Venturo Escana on the screen. It was as if some vital part of her, the one that was female and craved male contact, sex, and love, had withered. Somehow this man had managed to resuscitate it without doing anything at all. And he felt nothing except pity for her. The irony made her laugh. She would see him again on Monday. She had to make sure to not make a fool of herself.”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“The apartment was completely quiet. She walked across the floor to the door and slid it open. A small balcony presented her with a view of the sunset: above her the cosmos was deep purple and far ahead, at the horizon, where the setting sun rolled behind the distant mountains, the sky glowed with bright vivid red. Wind fanned her, bringing with it a scent of some flower she didn't know. She sat down on the floor of the balcony, behind the trellised rail, and cried.”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“Walking into a building filled with psychers, whose job it was to find and eradicate psychically active intruders... Declining the recommendation would instantly arouse suspicion. "No problem," Claire said. "You sure?" "Yes." Unless one counted certain death as a problem. "I just didn't want to fail before I started." "Don't worry," the officer said. "You will make an excellent drone.”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“Why are you here?” she asked. “You have my heart. Where would I go without it?”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“She had to bring it to the brutal conclusion now or forever give up on her revenge. She had promised herself at the start of the mission that she would remain strong and finish it, but she’d grossly underestimated her own heart. It would be so easy to surrender. To simply let him carry her off, to become his. He would never have to know the truth. Twelve years, she reminded herself. Twelve years of rejection and quiet pain, of feeling broken, as if a vital part of her was lost. Twelve years of controlled anger.”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“He fantasized about dripping honey on her breasts. A small, satisfied smile curved her lips. It took almost eighteen years, from the skinny ten-year-old girl to the twenty-eight-year-old woman, but Mother proved right. She hit him like a brick.”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“So far you failed to terrify me and failed to buy me. I’m terribly curious what path you will attempt next.”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“She lifted the lid off the pot, releasing a cloud of aromatic flavor into the kitchen, and scraped the herbs into the soup. “What is it you want?” “You.” “Why?” He frowned. “I’m not sure. But I’m plagued by dreams involving your breasts and honey.”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“You can’t smelt happiness from a lie.”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“Angel, while diplomatic, suffered from an eloquent man’s malady—faced with silence, he felt compelled to fill it, even when it was in his best interests to keep his mouth shut.”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“Deirdre threw the recorder onto the table. Nagrad’s face, frozen on the screen, mocked her with grey eyes. “What do you want from me, Robert? Every time I tried to bring up the money, he would show me more porn. The man asked me if I would suck his cock! How do you counter that?” A soft voice interrupted, “By saying, ‘That would depend on the size of your instrument, my lord. Would you care to take off your pants so I can determine if it would be a good fit?”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“In accordance to entry two hundred and three, will you then submit to having a cast of your anal canal so the dildo employed to penetrate your anus can be made to perfect proportions?” The Reigh bodyguards froze. Nagrad read the entry. “I won’t be requesting that one.”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“You’re an excellent analyst. Not everyone is born with the gift of snappy comeback.”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe

“Was I supposed to come back with, by the way, I can kill you with my brain?”
― Ilona Andrews, The Kinsmen Universe