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Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1) QUOTES

Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1) QUOTES

1 " You, of all people, deserve a happy ending. Despite everything that happened to you, you aren't bitter. You aren't cold. You've just retreated a little and been shy, and that's okay. If I were a fairy godmother, I would give you your heart's desire in an istant. And I would wipe away your tears and tell you not to cry.

-Rachel to Julia "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

2 " When I am an old man and I can remember nothing else, I will remember this moment. The first time my eyes beheld an angel in the flesh. “I will remember your body and your eyes, your beautiful face and breasts, your curves and this.” He traced his hand around her navel before dragging it lightly to the top of her lower curls. “I will remember your scent and your touch and how it felt to love you. But most of all, I will remember how it felt to gaze at true beauty, both inside and out. For you are fair, my beloved, in soul and in body, generous of spirit and generous of heart. And I will never see anything this side of heaven more beautiful tham you "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

3 " Miss Mitchell had a lovely voice, it was true, but Miss Mitchell speaking Italian was something celestial. Her ruby mouth opening and closing, the delicate way she almost sang the words, her tongue peeking out to wet her lips from time to time...Professor Emerson had to remind himself to close his mouth after it had dropped open. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

4 " If for some reason we get separated, I want you to wait for me. I’ll find you, I promise. - Gabriel Emerson "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

5 " She comforted him in his darkness and gave him hope. She seemed to cherish a sincere affection for him, despite his failings. 'She saved me'. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

6 " Everyone is pretty enough in the dark,”
she whispered.
“No, they are not.” He kissed her before
pulling back abruptly, willing himself to stop. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

7 " I want you forever, not just for tonight. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

8 " Because we're soul mates, just like Aristophanes described- one soul in two bodies. You're my missing half. You're my bashert. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

9 " He has a heart, somewhere, underneath everything else. I know, I saw it once. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

10 " She did not know what she had expected from her Dante, but she definitely hadn’t received it. So with the wisdom that comes only from having experienced a broken heart, she resolved to let him go once and for all. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

11 " Gabriel slowly began rubbing his eyes, for in addition to suffering from one of the worst hangover headaches of his life, he was slightly enjoying the sight of Miss Mitchell in his T-shirt and boxer shorts, passionately angry and shouting at him in a multiplicity of Western European languages. It was the second most erotic thing he had ever witnessed. And it was entirely beside the point. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

12 " Every time I do something for you, I’m trying to demonstrate the words I cannot say. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

13 " Look at her. She does blossom under kindness. Just like a rose, opening her petals. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

14 " He was distracted at that moment by a black lace bra that was reclining provocatively but somewhat casually on top of the dryer. He gazed at it and realized that the number and cup size that popped into his head the night he'd taken her to Harbour Sixty for dinner were absolutely correct. Gabriel silently congratulated himself. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

15 " She glanced over at the twisted wreckage of the chair — (a nice, Swedish chair that had done nothing in its short life to hurt anyone "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

16 " he shrugged. "occupational hazard of being a research assistant to a total dick". "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

17 " I will always be conscious of your absence. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

18 " Mr. Emerson watched, almost breathless, as she swirled the wine in her glass expertly, then lifted it so that she could examine it more closely in the candlelight. She brought the glass to her nose, closed her eyes, and sniffed. Then she placed the glass to her plump lips and tasted the wine, holding it in her mouth for a while before swallowing. She opened her eyes, smiled even more widely, and thanked Antonio for his precious gift. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

19 " Julia never asked herself why bad things happen to good people, for she already knew the answer: bad things happen t everyone. Not that this was an excuse or a justification for wronging another human being. Still, all humans had this shared experience- that of suffering. No human being left this world without shedding a tear,of feeling pain,or wading into the sea of sorrow. Why should her life be any different? Why should she expect special, favoured treatment? Even Mother Teresa suffered, and she was a saint. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)

20 " I don't deserve you. I know that. Consco i segni dell'antica fiamma. I felt it the first time I took your hand.The first time I kissed you. And it was all there last night- every feeling, every memory, every sensation I had before was there. It was real. Look at me and tell me it meant nothing to you, and I will let you go. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)