14 Quotes by Joanna Bourne

I want the girl,” he said. “Keep the amulet. Just give me the girl.” Her mind opened all its cabinets and turned out all its drawers and none of them held anything about lost girls or stolen girls or any sort of girl whatsoever.

Why are all the best women French spies? Bad planning on somebody’s part.

She wanted to hit him with something, not in a lethal manner, but hard.

The good news was, she probably hadn’t brought him here to gut him. If she wanted him dead, she’d be sensible about it and stab him in the street. She was complex, not perverse.

I hate getting old,” Violet said. “I do, too. But the alternative is worse.