Sylvain Reynard Quotes & Sayings

Kindness is never wasted. — Sylvain Reynard

Gabriel's prayers of thanks were spontaneous and heartfelt. Here, in this room, he had an embarrassment of riches-a pretty, intelligent wife, who had a very large and giving heart, and a beautiful daughter. — Sylvain Reynard

Melrose Diner, South Philly, tomorrow at nine A.M. — Sylvain Reynard

I will always be conscious of your absence. — Sylvain Reynard

Women are mysterious, he mused.
She laughed, In what way?
They're a study in contrast: soft and strong, fierce and gentle. They can do everything, of course, and yet one feels compelled to do everything for them. — Sylvain Reynard

Falling asleep in your arms again reminded me that I was only half a person in your absence. You make me whole. — Sylvain Reynard

I would have done whatever it took to save you.' His voice and his expression were grave. 'Even if that meant I had to spend eternity in Hell. — Sylvain Reynard

A double shot of Laphroaig twenty-five-year-old, neat, please. And ask the bartender for a small shot glass of spring water, non-sparkling," Gabriel instructed without making eye contact with the waitress.
The waitress left, and Rachel began to laugh. "Big brother, only you could make ordering a drink sound pretentious."
-Rachel to Gabriel — Sylvain Reynard

I've always had a terrible weakness for beautiful but sad things. — Sylvain Reynard

You toyed with her heart. I know what that's like. I can have compassion for her because of that."
"I met you first," he whispered.
"That doesn't give you license to be cruel. — Sylvain Reynard

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

Watch," he rasped, fluttering his mouth along her neck.
"Watch what?"
"Us. In the mirror."
Julia opened her eyes and saw the mirror mounted on the wall on the other side of the room. Somehow, it was perfectly positioned to reflect her husband's magnificent and naked back and the dark-haired woman who was hidden by his body. ( ... ) She'd never seen what they looked like together. His body long and lean, hers smaller and softer. Their skin had different tones - he was darker while she was fair. — Sylvain Reynard

I found my hope when I found you. — Sylvain Reynard

I didn't realize i would have to wait seven hundred years to find my soul mate. — Sylvain Reynard

So all of this agony was for nothing?"
"You exposed us to malicious gossip for nothing."
"You were cruel."
"So were you."
"You hurt me."
"And you hurt me. Is revenge everything you dreamed it might be? — Sylvain Reynard

The Kingdom of Heaven is like a family,' thought Julia, as she watched Rachel and Scott hug their father. 'Where love and forgiveness replace tears and suffering — Sylvain Reynard

Hell is knowing your fate and knowing there isn't a damn thing you can do about it. — Sylvain Reynard

Noah released the raven and the raven returned. If I were
able to hope, I'd hope you would return to me. — Sylvain Reynard

This was part of the divine comedy-God's sense of humor undergirding the inner workings of the universe. Sinners participated in the redemption of other sinners; faith, hope and charity triumphed over disbelief, despair, and hatred, while the One who called all creatures to Himself watched and smiled. — Sylvain Reynard

My Dearest Julianne,
Thank you for your immeasurable gift.
The only thing I have of value is my heart.
It's yours,
Gabriel. — Sylvain Reynard

I'm afraid that trouble is not what you do. Trouble is what you are. — Sylvain Reynard

Like they'd never seen a hot professor before. You made quite an impression in your turtleneck."
"Ah, yes, the turtleneck. Turtles have that effect on people. — Sylvain Reynard

Beatrice?" he whispered. "Yes," she said, moving so she could maintain eye contact with him until the last possible second. "I'm Beatrice. You were my first kiss. I fell asleep in your arms in your precious orchard." Gabriel sprang forward to stop the elevator door from closing. "Beatrice! Wait!" He — Sylvain Reynard

I wandered in the darkness looking for something better, something real. I found you, and I'll be damned if I'm going to lose you. — Sylvain Reynard

Every night when I fall asleep with her in my arms, I thank God she's mine. Every morning when I wake up, my first thought is that I'm grateful she married me. I will never be worthy of her. But I spend every day trying my damnedest. You were her friend when she needed one. But listen to me when I tell you, Paul, you do not want to push me. — Sylvain Reynard

(Desk sex can be very, very good, but it's important to remove the staplers first.) — Sylvain Reynard

Julianne, if one were doing a cost-benefit analysis, I would be a high-cost, high-risk, low-benefit venture. — Sylvain Reynard

After all we've shared, I just want to hold you and be close. Rest in my arms and know that I love you. — Sylvain Reynard

Sometimes goodness doesn't tell everything it knows. Sometimes goodness waits for the appropriate time and does the best it can with what it has. — Sylvain Reynard

How long did you want me to stay?"

"Forever. — Sylvain Reynard

For if you truly believe that kindness is never wasted, you have to hold tightly to that belief even when the kindness is thrown back in your face — Sylvain Reynard

Marriage is a sacrament that exists partially to protect women from sexual exploitation. If you take that protection away from her, then she is little more than your mistress, no matter what you choose to call her. — Sylvain Reynard

Julia's heart nearly cracked under the weight of her realization that her love had not healed him. — Sylvain Reynard

Neither of us has a monoply on delusions.Our only hope is to take time to discover who we really are and decide if that's a reality we both can live with. — Sylvain Reynard

Why would I go look at other women when the most beautiful woman in the world shares my bed every night? he protested, kissing her lightly. - Gabriel Emerson — Sylvain Reynard

And of that second kingdom will I sing Wherein the human spirit doth purge itself, And to ascend to heaven becometh worthy. -Dante Alighieri, Purgatorio, Canto I.004-006. — Sylvain Reynard

Don't tell me that our situation didn't damage us, possibly irreparably. — Sylvain Reynard

But when a person is upset, old patterns of behavior emerge. It's true for me too, except my coping mechanisms are different — Sylvain Reynard

Your love makes me beautiful."
"Then let me love you forever. — Sylvain Reynard

I'd never love you in spite of anything, Gabriel. I just love you. — Sylvain Reynard

Never be ashamed to accept a gift when there are no strings attached. — Sylvain Reynard

Julianne, we will never be equals. You are my better. — Sylvain Reynard

Hello, Spring Roll. I'm your daddy and I've been waiting to meet you for a long time. I love you so much. — Sylvain Reynard

I spent too long in the shadows ... I'm looking forward to being in the light with you. — Sylvain Reynard

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

The point is that the foundation that undergirds the act is one of mutual respect and giving- not taking or using. — Sylvain Reynard

A lion in charge of wolves, she thought. How convenient. — Sylvain Reynard

Without guilt or remorse, shame was an empty emotion. Indeed, shame would not be shame. — Sylvain Reynard

You tell him that - tell him he fucks with the angel at his peril. — Sylvain Reynard

Kiss someone. Even if it's only in your mind. — Sylvain Reynard

Here was the old Professor Emerson, simmering beneath Gabriel's chastened exterior. — Sylvain Reynard

If for some reason we get separated, I want you to wait for me. I'll find you, I promise. - Gabriel Emerson — Sylvain Reynard

It appears that Venus has Beatrice's face. Once again, I'm not interested in a historical analysis of the models for the painting. I'm simply asking you to note the visible similarities between the figures. They represent two muses, two ideal types, one theological and one secular. Beatrice is the lover of the soul; Venus is the lover of the body. Botticelli's La Bella has both faces - one of sacrificial love or agape, and one of sexual love or eros. — Sylvain Reynard

I am giving you these to commemorate the fact that I have already given you my heart." He swallowed thickly as his eyes searched hers. "This is my way of saying that you, Julianne, are the love of my life, and I want something of mine with you always. Don't you see? These diamonds represent my heart. You can't refuse them. — Sylvain Reynard

I am the darkness made visible. — Sylvain Reynard

If you still believe, you must have hope. You must believe that happiness is possible for you too. — Sylvain Reynard

Your best quality is your heart. It's your heart I fell in love with. -Julia — Sylvain Reynard

She'd made her choice when he asked for her hand and she'd offered it without question. Once he touched her, she knew she was his. Afterward, he had always been there in the shadows, like a ghost who would not leave. And now the ghost had decided that he wanted her. — Sylvain Reynard

You're an emotional rollercoaster, and I wanted to climb off. — Sylvain Reynard

In the wee hours of the morning, the Edenic lovers wound themselves around each other, flesh against flesh, sleepy and sated in a large, white bed. Lightness and darkness, innocence and experience, kissed and caressed in the warmth and acceptance created by their love. The dark angel whispered to his muse in Italian until she fell asleep in his arms, happier than she had ever been. She was loved. — Sylvain Reynard

Then I'm glad I'm your first. — Sylvain Reynard

You assume that my previous sexual encounters were completely fulfilling, but you're wrong. You gave me what I've never had - love and sex together. You're the only one who has ever been my lover in the true sense. — Sylvain Reynard

I'll love you forever Julianne, whether you love me or not. That's my heaven. And my Hell. — Sylvain Reynard

Agape, eros, and chastity, a heady combination that would make even the strongest man fall to his knees — Sylvain Reynard

You can't do it, can you? Your skin remembers me, and so does your heart. You told them to forget, but they can't. Remember me, Beatrice. Remember your first. — Sylvain Reynard

Everyone wants to know where evil comes from and why the world is riddled with it. Why doesn't anyone ask where goodness comes from? — Sylvain Reynard

No relationship is absolutely reciprocal. Sometimes, when couples try to split everything in half, they discover that the relationship is not a partnership but a bean counting exercise. Striving for reciprocity in a relationship can be unhealthy. — Sylvain Reynard

The brown-eyes angel was weeping over the demon. The angel wept because she was grieved at the mere thought of someone hurting him — Sylvain Reynard

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

Look at me. Look into my eyes." His eyes fixed on hers as they fluttered open.
"I'll give you anything. My body, my soul, Take them. Take everything. — Sylvain Reynard

I don't like to think of anything as hopeless — Sylvain Reynard

You're gorgeous, Gabriel. You always were, you know."
"Nature's cruelty - the fallen angel retains his beauty. But I'm ugly on the inside. — Sylvain Reynard

She was his as surely as if he'd branded his name on her skin. — Sylvain Reynard

I never left you. I was the shadow on your wall. — Sylvain Reynard

I breathe you," he whispered. "You're everything. You're the air."
-Gabriel — Sylvain Reynard

His declaration was so honest and so frightening, the words burned into her like fire. — Sylvain Reynard

Your the closest thing to an angel I'll ever touch. — Sylvain Reynard

said once that you were not my equal, but my better. — Sylvain Reynard

Beauty is vain. It appears and, like the wind, it's gone. Remember that. — Sylvain Reynard

Marriage is the strangest thing. Almost without realizing it, I feel as if our lives and our hearts became knitted together. — Sylvain Reynard

Of all the gifts God gave me, he thought, the greatest one is you. — Sylvain Reynard

In addition to being an ass and a pompous prick, he was a knuckle-dragging, potentially mouth-breathing Neanderthal who felt some proprietary ownership over a younger woman he barely knew and who hated him. — Sylvain Reynard

Ever had a beer before?" Gabriel grinned.
She shook her head.
"Then I'm glad I'm your first."
"Have you ever held a boy's hand before?" She shook her head, and he laughed softly. "Then I'm glad I'm your first."
"Have you ever been kissed by a boy?"
She blushed deeply and shook her head.
"Then I'm glad I'm your first."
"Have you ever fallen asleep in the arms of a boy before, Beatrice?"
She shook her head.
"Then I'm glad I'm your first."
"I haven't really danced like this before," she said wistfully.
"Then I'm glad I'm your first."
"Has a man ever asked you to marry him before?"
She shook her head, covering her mouth with her hand.
"Then I'm glad I'm your first. — Sylvain Reynard

Patience was a virtue he possessed in abundance. — Sylvain Reynard

He brushed his thumb against her naked flesh and gently transferred his attention to her swollen lower lip.
"I did this to you. Does it hurt ?" he whispered.
"It only aches in your absence. — Sylvain Reynard

As Julia scanned the crowd, one face stood out. A young-looking, fair-haired man with strange gray eyes stared unblinkingly in her direction, his expression one of intense curiosity. — Sylvain Reynard

There's no one here but us.
And what I see is Breathtaking — Sylvain Reynard

I know you loved me. I just don't understand why you didn't love me enough to stay. — Sylvain Reynard

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

We can't change out pasts. All we can change is the future. — Sylvain Reynard

Sometimes I hear the echo of your voice in an empty hall and it reminds me that you're gone. — Sylvain Reynard

But he was not her Gabriel. Her Gabriel was dead. Gone. Leaving behind only vestiges of him in the body of a harsh and tortured clone. Gabriel had almost broken Julia's heart once. She was determined she would not let him break her heart for the second time. — Sylvain Reynard

She was both perfect and untouchable, a brown-eyed angel dressed in resplendent white, while he was older, world-weary and wanting. — Sylvain Reynard

My love lies across linen sheets, snow white beneath cream coloured flesh an expanse of gentle curves,two rosy buds a dimple of a navel a dark thatch of curls I can describe her beauty And spill precious ink to tell of her goodness But to express my love ... Come to my arms, and I'll whisper words I dare not write. How you could damn ore save me with just a word Let me love you with my body the sacred dance of one My Julia — Sylvain Reynard

Liar. Liar. Beautiful blue eyes on fire. — Sylvain Reynard

I want to be better."
"Then be better. Accept the fact that God didn't bring you this far only to abandon you. He isn't that kind of father. And you won't be either. — Sylvain Reynard

I'm sorry you don't want to know me anymore. I will spend the rest of my life regretting the fact that I wasted my second chance to know you. And I will always be conscious of your absence.- Gabriel to Julia. — Sylvain Reynard

I could live with you forever and still you would surprise me. Gabriel's Redemption — Sylvain Reynard

You are the only ray of hope I've seen since 1274. You're the only one who has caused my heart to beat again. — Sylvain Reynard

You are my sticky little leaf. My beautiful, sad, sticky little leaf, and I want to see you happy and whole. — Sylvain Reynard