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[Blog post, March 10, 2014]”
― K.J. Charles

“What the fuck, what the fucking, bloody devil-shit, what in the name of Satan's swollen cock was that?”
― K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord

“When I fuck you, Mr. Day, it will not be briefly. It will be long and hard and extremely thorough. I'm going to take pains with you.”
― K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord

“When I have you, sweet boy, it will be because you want me to. Not against your better judgment, not in spite of my surname, and definitely not to annoy your aunt."

Stephen went red, but his voice was defiant. "Well, what was that, then?"

Crane shrugged. "You seemed tense.”
― K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord

“I like the way he says ‘furthermore’,” Merrick observed quietly. “Cos you can tell he means ‘wankers’.”
― K.J. Charles, Flight of Magpies

“I am in the process of nailing Mr. Humphrey Griffin to the wall so thoroughly that future generations will mistake him for a tapestry,...”
― K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord

“Stephen can, of course, use my power, for two reasons. Firstly, because it’s his, just as all I am and all I have are his. Not that he ever asks, of course. I’m not sure that he quite believes it.” He looked round at Stephen, a rueful smile dawning, ignoring Fairley’s loud noises of disgust. “But I do hope you are aware, my sweet, somewhere in that absurd heart, that I am ever, entirely, and quite pathetically yours.”
― K.J. Charles, Flight of Magpies

“My life changed four months ago, and I utterly failed to understand that until just recently, and therefore… I may have omitted to tell you that I love you.” He took a breath. “That’s all.”
― K.J. Charles, A Case of Possession

“I like to make you know your master,” Crane said. “It's only fair. The rest of the time you've got me so thoroughly enslaved, I might as well be wearing a collar with your name on it.”
― K.J. Charles, A Case of Possession

“But— Why didn’t you say?”

“Secret agent. Secret.”
― K.J. Charles, Think of England

“A story without an ending is an unbearable itch to the reader.”
― K.J. Charles, The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal

“Two death sentences? Really? I mean, you look very well, considering.”
― K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord

“And he owned a lot of books, although just now and then, when it got dark and the shelves loomed over him, he got the feeling that they owned him.”
― K.J. Charles, Slippery Creatures

“There is something very old and odd and quite unpleasant about this house."
"Yes, its Graham."
Stephan grinned and followed him into the long room.”
― K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord

“Arrogant , beautiful, domineering Lord Crane, with the caring that made Stephen’s heart break, and the vicious streak that made his knees bend, had chosen him among all the men’s men of London, and treated him with a loyalty, generosity and almost painful honesty that made Stephen’s heart hurt. And his reward was a few doled-out crumbs of Stephen’s time in a country he hated.”
― K.J. Charles, Flight of Magpies

“Dear me, Mr. Day. You really do love to get fucked on desks, don't you? Put you on a desk, and you're begging for it. What is so particularly exciting about desks?”
― K.J. Charles, A Case of Possession

“There really were no chains like the ones in your head.”
― K.J. Charles, A Seditious Affair

“Jesus!” he yelped.

“I fear not,” said a silky voice, and Curtis realised that he had collided with da Silva. “Both Jewish, of course, but the resemblance ends there.”
― K.J. Charles

“This is what I keep telling you, Saint. You have to think," Stephen said. "If you'd put a knee in his groin first, you could probably have punched him in the face as well when he went over.”
― K.J. Charles, Flight of Magpies

“When my namesake, the great Caesar, rode in triumph,” Julius said, “he was accompanied by a slave whose role was to whisper to him, You are but mortal. To remind him he was merely a man who would one day die like any other. If I could, I should have you at my side to remind me that I am alive, because I have not felt alive in so damned long, and with you, I do. No, I don’t want you to marry, any more than I want you to return to your dirty democrats. I want to show you the world, and see you smile, and keep you with me while my soul grows back.”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence

“You look like the cat that swallowed the cream," Stephen said softly.

"That comes later.”
― K.J. Charles, A Case of Possession

“Thank God they were British. He took a deep breath. “Cup of tea?”
― K.J. Charles, Slippery Creatures

“If you can’t be happy, then be something else. Be useful, that would be good. Decorative, if you like. Selfish, if you must. But don’t whine about it.”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence

“The more love you give, the more you are capable of giving. It's only when you shut off the source that it dries up.”
― K.J. Charles, Band Sinister

“What I say is, one can be as moral as one likes but one should have the courtesy to do it in private, like any other bad habit.”
― K.J. Charles, Slippery Creatures

“I'm a very busy man" Crane said. "But I suppose I could force myself back here, lick you all over till you're begging for my cock, and then fuck you so hard they'll hear you screaming in the street. If you insist”
― K.J. Charles, Flight of Magpies

“People create poetry and mustard gas. We invent gods and monsters and gods that might as well be monsters. We act with extraordinary grace and unfathomable cruelty. We're so terribly intelligent, and dreadfully easy to fool.”
― K.J. Charles, Spectred Isle

“You're remarkably uninteresting for a flying trollop.”
― K.J. Charles, Flight of Magpies

“Why do we count the cost of change, but not the cost of the world staying the same?”
― K.J. Charles, Slippery Creatures

“Charm's a very dangerous thing. Lucien, tell me," Stephen said thoughtfully. "This respect for shamans, this inviolability..."
"Mmm?"
"Well, I don't know if you remember, but some three weeks ago, you tied me to your bedposts and spent two hours subjecting me to acts of unimaginable depravity. And considering you call me a shaman--"
"I take issue with 'unimaginable'," Crane interrupted, sudden heat and light rushing through him. "I imagine those acts in detail every night you're not there. In fact, I've imagined quite a few more that I have every intention of subjecting you to when I get a chance.”
― K.J. Charles, A Case of Possession