The Mask of Mirrors Quotes

“Men had often looked at her the way Vargo was looking at her now, but always for her beauty – never her ingenuity. And Ren, who was used to treating that kind of admiration as nothing more than a useful lever, felt her breath catch.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“Trust is the thread that binds us... and the rope that hangs us.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“The woman had all the subtlety of the spring floods: One saw them coming and could only brace against their force.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“Find them in your pockets,
Find them in your coat;
If you aren’t careful,
You’ll find them in your throat...”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“But with him, law and order were the Mask, and corruption was the Face beneath.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“The bitten lip gave way to a faint smile. “That I wanted more.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“Dreams are as ephemeral as love.::”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“He imagined the frisson of excitement that washed over him was like the tremors a spider felt when something brushed the outer strands of his web.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“Tess yanked the door open to find the boy who usually kept watch on tatting days panting on the stoop, wide-eyed and blanch-pale.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors

“After fifteen years of handling the Traementis house charters, Donaia Traementis knew that a deal which looked too good to be true probably was. The proposal currently on her desk stretched the boundaries of belief.”
― M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors