The Last Concubine Quotes

#1. I place us where we are a happy couple who are madly in love, and we are kissing the way people kiss on their wedding day. With joy and relief and love. Without guilt. Without Shame.

A.S. King

#2. Go to hell, Turner, I say when what I really mean is I love you.

C.M. Stunich

#3. Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.

Chanakya

#4. I believe that in the battle between guns and ideas, ideas will, eventually, win. Because the ideas are invisible, and they linger, and, sometimes, they can even be true. Eppur si muove: and yet it moves.

Neil Gaiman

#5. No matter how many precautions we take, none of us are truly in control. Only God can claim that kind of authority. All we can do is use the good sense he provides and trust him to guide us.

Karen Witemeyer

#6. It's hard finding people you trust or who aren't going to take your money. Everyone wants to get a piece of whatever you're doing. It's a nightmare.

Cara Delevingne

#7. Because," said Thor, "When something goes wrong, the first thing I think is, it is Loki's fault. It saves a lot of time.

Neil Gaiman

#8. I find myself comparing the feel and smell of brand-new rain to his kiss. His kiss is much, much better.

Colleen Hoover

#9. Now, I - for several years while I was researching this book, I felt quite obsessed by thoughts about sentencing, punishment, how judges arrive at their decisions.

Helen Garner

#10. I always said this and the people think it's a cute answer, but I say we have always been in the system and that's why we fight because we don't like the system. We are trying to transform it.

Huey Newton

#11. Perhaps I'm too saucy or provoking?

Benjamin Franklin

#12. Benedict Cumberbatch is very beautiful.

Caitlin Moran