“So, sweeting, why were you threatening to throw Tate out of the house? What did he say?”Leather brushed her chin as he tipped it up. Serious dark eyes met hers. “What did he say?”She glanced around; surely the footmen were too far away to hear. “He wanted to join us in our bed.”“I’ll run him through.”“No! Perhaps he only said it to goad you into a duel. Perhaps it was intended as a way to kill you.”“It was an insult to you, love. That can’t be ignored.”“And so you rush inexorably toward death. I don’t care if he stands on a Drury Lane stage and calls me a courtesan, I won’t have you risking your life.”

“Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet.”

“kneel Your Grace,” he said curtly, “Unless you presume to tell a man of God that he may also fuck himself?”Rhian nearly lost her balance, coming off the last dais step.”

“কবি চণ্ডীদাসের ‘সবার উপরে মানুষ সত্য তাহার উপরে নাই’ বাণীটি ত্রুটিপূর্ণ। এক অর্থে এটি মানবতার কথা বলে, অন্য অর্থে নাস্তিকতাও বোঝায়! ‘মানুষের উপরে কিছু নাই’ বললে স্রষ্টাকে অগ্রাহ্য ও অপমানিত করা হয়!”

“We almost made it to thirty seconds without an insult. I think we set a new record.”

“I’ve seen more intelligence in the crotch lice of harem whores.”

“She’s the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.”

“I swear, talking to you is like talking to a really good-looking and mildly stupid brick wall.”

“I used to think the world was broken down by tribes,’ I said. ‘By Black and White. By Indian and White. But I know this isn’t true. The world is only broken into two tribes: the people who are assholes and the people who are not.”

“Next time I see you, remind me not to talk to you.”

“I can only assume,” said Jace, “that mortal emotions amuse you because you have none of your own.”

“I’m calm,” Rachel insisted. “Every time I’m around you, some monsters attack us. What’s to be nervous about?””Look,” I said. “I’m sorry about the band room. I hope they didn’t kick you our or anything.””Nah. They asked me a lot of questions about you. I played dumb.””Was it hard?” Annabeth asked.”

“You’re so full of crap, you could pass for a toilet.”