Latte Quotes

Thanks for looking out for her, Sage. You're okay. For a human." I almost laughed. "Thanks." "You can say it too, you know." I walked over to Latte and paused. "Say what?" "That I'm okay...for a vampire," he explained. I shook my head, still smiling. "You'll have a hard time getting any Alchemist to admit that. But I can say you're okay for an irreverent party boy with occasional moments of brilliance." "Brilliant? You think I'm brilliant?" He threw his hands skyward. "You hear that, world? Sage says I'm brilliant.

Does your uncle need anything? A coffee? A latte?” “He needs someone to bear his illegitimate child if you’re interested

WHAT FLAMES COULD NOT CONSUME, NEVER SHALL BE EXTINGUISHED

Things don’t have to stay as what they started out as.

What would you like?" "A skinny decaf latte." This is a ridiculous form of coffee, but I did not point it out.

She was smiling, and for the first time, the building, the city, this place… felt like hers. A place she’d still be tomorrow, the week after, next season, next year…. Home.

Because I’m headed down the hill, and you’re headed up it. I’m just glad we chanced to meet on the way.

So. I might not deserve you. And you might forgive too much. But I’m damned glad to have you.

I took my first sip. When I moaned, he arched an amused brow. “Would you two like to be alone?” I tucked my latte protectively close. “Yes. Could you give us fifteen, twenty minutes tops? I have a feeling things are about to get real obscene up in this house.

L'amore non esiste per renderci felici, ma per dimostrarci quando sia forte la nostra capacità di sopportare il dolore.

Passion isn't a path through the woods. Passion is the woods. It's the deepest, wildest part of the forest; the grove where the fairies still dance and obscene old vipers snooze in the boughs. Everybody but the most dried up and dysfunctional is drawn to the grove and enchanted by its mysteries, but then they just can't wait to call in the chain saws and bulldozers and replace it with a family-style restaurant or a new S and L. That's the payoff, I guess. Safety. Security. Certainty. Yes, indeed. Well, remember this, pussy latte: we're not involved in a 'relationship,' you and I, we're involved in a collision. Collisions don't much lend themselves to secure futures...

Brighid’s eyes flashed with a blue flame, and I wondered if she had learned to do that just so she could compete with the Morrigan’s red flashes. Maybe I should try to figure out how to make my eyes flash green so I could freak out the baristas at Starbucks. “No, you foolish mortal,” I’d say as my eyes glowed, “I ordered a nonfat latte.

To espresso or to latte, that is the question...whether 'tis tastier on the palate to choose white mocha over plain...or to take a cup to go. Or a mug to stay, or extra cream, or have nothing, and by opposing the endless choice, end one's heartache...

it was like drinking the feeling of being peaceful. Being peaceful in your mind. Well, not if you have too much, then it’s something else.

Cook, at that moment in time, I would have sold my body for a mocha latte

Your half-caf, double vanilla latte is getting cold over here, Francis.

Inutile piangere sul latte versato. (No use crying over spilled milk.)

the warmth in my mouth. that rush through my veins making my heartache my pulse quicken my head- just a bit dizzy. my legs- just a bit numb. my tongue years for more more of you right now. now. i can't wait anymore. this is torture. seriously. i'm in hell. waiting for you. i just want to shout to this giant crowd of people "how hard is it to make a latte, fuckers?" i love you, coffee.

I don't know if I can explain it, but watching you read what I give you, putting a book in your hands and seeing what happens to you once you put it back down... I can't make you understand how that gives me something I didn't know I had to have.

Calamity." His own callused paw was swallowed by hers. Her eyes widened. "Hob name," he said. "You can call me Cal." "Whichever you like best. I don't need your name to suit me.

Ecco il segreto della felicità: essere se stessi e basta. Fare quello che si è chiamati a essere.

Jen's been hiding the sugary cereals behind the granola, so I forget we have them. It's not a very nice thing to do. Jen likes the granola that feels like crackling leaves. I like cereal with taste as opposed to feelings.

Oh, hey. Christmas cups. Did you bring me a gingerbread latte?” Cath looked down guiltily at her cup. “I brought you an eggnog latte,” Levi said, holding it out. “And I’ve been keeping it warm in my mouth.

What's silly is paying five bucks for hot milk and flavored syrup! But now I see what's really been going on all this time! They charge you all that money because they need it for the R & D! Somewhere on the outskirts of Seattle, there's a secret facility with higher security than Area 51, and inside there are men with poor eyesight and bad haircuts wearing white coats, and they're trying to make the Holy Grail of all coffee drinks. The bacon latte? No, Atticus, I already told you those exist! I'm talking about the prophecy! 'Out of the steam and the foam and the froth, a man in white with poor eyesight will craft a liquid paradox, and it shall be called the Triple Nonfat Double Bacon Five-Cheese Mocha!' Oberon, what the F---?

Happy belated birthday, Cat," he said, giving me a self-deprecating smile. "Aren't you glad Juan picked the place and not me? We wold have had lattes and hors d'oeuvres instead of liquor and G-strings. Anyone get you a gin yet?

Our society makes plenty of room for complacency or laziness; we’re rarely surrounded by accountability. We’re also rarely surrounded by sugar-free vanilla lattes, but when I really want one, I somehow find a way to get one.

Live long enough, you realize some folks can be handed a problem and some tools, and they’ll sort it out. And I never think twice about hiring that sort of fellow.

Never trust a writer who doesn’t have too many books to read. Or a reader, for that matter,” said Zelia.

And I put the latte down on a table, awash in the happy middle of my greatest adventure.

Shut up, you insufferable shitweasel,

Justo cuando nos sentimos más pobres, la vida, como una madre, nos está cosiendo el traje más hermoso. .Leo

Well, shit. Milky bean water. I'll be damned.

I don't like lazy rain. If it's going to rain, I want it to fall from the sky, screaming in terror as it bounces off the earth. Which sounds more morbid than it is.

Every book is a little mirror, and sometimes you look into it and see someone else looking back.

See you in the story past the story.

Ladies' stockin's and exotic bean water. Gods help us.

The combined aromas of hot cinnamon, ground coffee, and sweet cardamom intoxicated her, and as she brewed and smiled and served and chatted, a deep contentment welled up. It was a glowing warmth she’d never experienced before, and she liked it. She liked it a great deal.

But Shakespeare never drank coffee. Nor did Julius Caesar, or Socrates. Alexander the Great conquered half the world without even a café latte to perk him up. The pyramids were designed and constructed without a whiff of a sniff of caffeine. Coffee was introduced to Europe only in 1615. The achievements of antiquity are quite enough to cow the modern human, but when you realize that they did it all without caffeine it becomes almost unbearable.

A good sister is one who won't be embarrassed when you burst into tears in public. A better one will hand you tissues until you stop. The best is the one who will go get you another latte to go with the ginormous chocolate orgy she's already laid in front of you.

Le persone sono un po' simili alle stelle: magari brillano lontane, ma brillano, e hanno sempre qualcosa di interessante da raccontare...però ci vuole tempo, a volte tanto tempo, perchè le storie arrivino al nostro cuore, come la luce agli occhi.

You do something for years and years, and the only reason you continue is because once you stop, you won't really have anything.

—Leo, amar es un verbo, no un sustantivo. No es algo que se establezca de una vez para siempre, sino que evoluciona, crece, sube, baja, se hunde, como los ríos ocultos en el corazón de la tierra, que sin embargo nunca interrumpen su curso hacia el mar. A veces dejan la tierra seca, pero discurren por debajo, en las cavidades oscuras, o ascienden y brotan, fecundándolo todo.-Mamá de Leo

Jeg våkner hver eneste morgen. Hadde jeg kunnet velge, ville jeg latt være.

You should go order a sweet roll. Those are to die for. And a carne adovada burrito." His mouth thinned. "Should I order something else to drink?" "Yes! A diet whatever. No! A mocha latte. No!" I held up my hand to put him in pause so I could think. "Yes, a mocha latte." "Are you finished?" he asked, rising to go place his order. He was really hungry. "Yes. No! Yes. I'm good with that. I have a busy afternoon ahead of me, and I need all the energy I can get. And I need you to be my wingman." "This should be interesting," he said, sauntering off like he owned the place. By the time he got back, his fries had disappeared. It was weird.

Don't you ever see the bright side of things?" Patrick asks as I mope against the bottom of the ladder. "Easy to see the bright side when you're getting paid by the hour." "Delilah, I will gladly give you my fill wage plus a month's supply of your iced choco-nut whatever lattes if you trade places and clothes with my right now." "You're not wearing a shirt." "That's the deal, Hannaford," he says.

I love Mr. Darcy

Come on. Let's go to Cafe Bella and drink so many lattes we're peeing coffee for a week.

Cada cosa tiene un color. Cada emoción tiene un color. El silencio es blanco. De hecho, el blanco es un color que no soporto: no tiene límites. Pasar una noche en blanco, quedarse en blanco, levantar bandera blanca, dejar el papel en blanco, tener el pelo blanco... Es más, el blanco ni siquiera es un color, como el silencio. No es nada. Una nada sin palabras o sin música. En silencio: en blanco.

... physical bookstores will become ever-nicer places to be. They are going to have more sofas, better lattes, nicer people working there. Good bookstores are the community centres of the 20th century.

After twenty-two years of adventuring, Viv had reached her limit of blood and mud and bullshit. An orc’s life was strength and violence and a sudden, sharp end—but she’d be damned if she’d let hers finish that way. It was time for something new.

I placed my drink order first. “I’ll have a nonfat three-pump vanilla latte, low foam and extra hot.” Chance squinted his eyes at me and turned to the waitress. “Did you get all that? She’ll have a hot two-pump chump with extra cream.

If you want to turn your life you're going to have to start making things happen and stop allowing things to happen to you

Si uno espera lo inesperado, no lo encontrará; pero si uno no tiene esperanza se encuentra lo inesperado -Heráclito

I was just thinking that you don’t have to forget who you were … because that’s what brought you here.

I don’t know. We’ve kissed. It was nice.” “Nice? Nice is getting an extra shot of espresso in a latte. Nice is finding a dollar on the street. Nice is generic.

Solo este amor supera a la muerte. Quien lo recibe y lo da no muere, sino que nace dos veces.

Doug: Either straighten out your life or drink more coffee. And from what I heard about you, Id do the latte.

I think I'll try the cinnamon-spice chai latte," she said, giving me a stern look that said, I will not be ashamed of my beverage selection.

Ci sarà bene un punto, nell’apparato digerente dei neonati, dove il latte si trasforma in merda… Bene, io, in questo mondo, sono esattamente quel punto!

You need to be healthy. You don’t need to be thin. You don’t need to be a certain size or shape or look good in a bikini. You need to be able to run without feeling like you’re going to puke. You need to be able to walk up a flight of stairs without getting winded. You need to drink half your body weight in ounces of water every single day. You need to stretch and get good sleep and stop medicating every ache and pain. You need to stop filling your body with garbage like Diet Coke and fast food and lattes that are a million and a half calories. You need to take in fuel for you body that hasn't been processed and fuel for you mind that is positive and encouraging. You need to get up off the sofa or out of the bed and move around. Get out of the fog that you have been living in and see your life for what it is.

You’re just trying to make it to the other end, and while you’re in it, there’s nothing to either side. Only the way forward. You know, the tunnel. Maybe when you find a way out, you can look around, but until then …

Then, in a rush, “I was just thinking that you don’t have to forget who you were … because that’s what brought you here.

You know, there’s a lot of people out there. Lot of noise. I love what I do, love it every day, but none of us sees more than a tiny piece of all the world, like we’re lookin’ out a little-bitty window. And I saw you through mine, and somethin’ inside me said, ‘That’s somebody you oughta know.’ Simple as that.

As Hemington paid, Viv handed him a roll on a piece of waxed paper and leveled a glare at him. “If you don’t eat this, it’s possible Tandri or I may have to kill you.” The young man laughed, although the laugh became strangled when Viv didn’t join in.

have to be fully rid of it. Not yet.” Then, in a rush, “I was just thinking that you don’t have to forget who you were … because that’s what brought you here.

Lo que hay después de la muerte me da miedo. Y aún me da más miedo que después no haya nada. Y me da miedo Dios, que es omnipotente. Y me dan miedo el mal y el dolor.

He always kept his shit together. He was the fucking foam on the latte that rose above all of it. He’d been there for them whenever they needed him, always. He hadn’t let his friends down. But at this moment, he resented the hell out of every one of them.

When I say I love you, Ash, I don't mean that I love you in the way that I love Basquiat or oat milk lattes, I mean that I love you. All that you are and all that you will be and I can't wait to find out who that person is.

I'm used to sleeping rough.' 'Used to ain't the same as ought to.

Sloane sauntered into the observation room like she didn’t have a care in the world, and scowled when she saw the coffee cup in my hand. “I came for coffee,” she said. “If you have consumed all the coffee, I am going to straight-up fucking murder you, and drink a latte out of your skull.

Technology couldn't revert, but humans could, and they did with startling ease and rapidity when the trappings of the modern world melted away. The tribal animal was always there, hiding just beneath our thin skins of lattes and cell phones and cable TV.

Mom is talking to Jack. "I hear you're interested in zoo animals." I snort. There's a sentence you don't hear too often. I fake an insulted sigh. "Well, thank-you, Mother. Yes, I'm hungry, but you don't have to be so honest about it. Your tact is amazing.

It’s nice work,” said Viv. “Hm.” “At least, I expect it is. I don’t know much about boats,” she admitted. “I expect that dulls the compliment a touch, then,

E un bacio è il ponte rosso che costruiamo tra le nostre anime, che danzano sulla vertigine bianca della vita senza paura di cadere.

You've found a very peaceful place here. A special place. You've planted something, and now its blossoming. Very nice. A good spot to rest. My thanks to you for letting an old-timer shade under the branches of what you've grown.

Well,” breathed Fern, surveying the interior with both brows raised. “Fuck me.” Satchel drew back from her in alarm, and his eyes seemed to widen as the flames within them burned brighter. Viv leaned down near his skull and whispered, “It’s just a figure of speech, not a request.

The glow in The Perch dimmed, her corner untouched by the blast of light and heat from the hearth across the room, so she asked for a lantern to read by. The kid obliged, and despite the uncomfortable chair and the ache in her leg and the backwater in which she’d been abandoned, she was absorbed. She was transported. She was elsewhere.

There are two Venices I know about and one of them is a hotel in Vegas. The other is an L.A. beach where pretty girls walk their dogs while wearing as little as possible and mutant slabs of tanned, posthuman beef sip iced steroid lattes and pump iron until their pecs are the size of Volkswagens.

His eyes widened. “Well, shit. Milky bean water. I’ll be damned.” He took another, longer sip and burned his tongue.

Viv didn’t answer for a moment, but then she stared hard at him. “Things don’t have to stay as what they started out as.

Detective Virgil and Barlow [bomb-technician] arranged to meet at the Starbucks. Virgil got a grande hot chocolate, no-fat milk, no foam, no whipped cream, and Barlow got a venti latte with an extra shot. As they took a corner table, Virgil said, “Remind me not to stand next to you if you’re handling a bomb. That much caffeine, you gotta be shakin’ like a hundred-dollar belly dancer.” “At least I’m not drinking like a little girl,” Barlow said.

El amor es rojosangre.

I used to be an adventurer like you.

A pleasure,” said Viv. It wasn’t.

If he even drinks coffee. I don’t. I only drink Green tea which is something close to blasphemy here in Italy where people worship coffee, where making a cup of coffee, be it espresso, macchiato, latte, or cappuccino, is an art in and of itself and where drinking coffee is one of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution.

Amare è un verbo, non un sostantivo. Non è una cosa stabilita una volta per tutte, ma si evolve, cresce, sale, scende...

Because I want to know that there’s someone – anyone – that might love me the way I want to be loved.

Viv stayed quiet. Sometimes, that was just what you had to do.

That's the famous vampire Helgarson you're riding with, isn't it? Is he fond of lattes?" "I don't know." I looked over at Leif, who was grinning-he was hearing both sides of the conversation, of course-and said, "Malina wants to know if you like lattes, and I want to know if you're famous." "No to both," he said, as we screamed onto the 202 on-ramp. "Sorry, Malina," I said to the phone. "He's not famous." "Perhaps it would be better to call infamous. It is irrelevant at this point. What is relevant is that my sisters and I are not great warriors. Were the odds even and they did not cheat with modern weapons, I would say, yes, we could walk in and win a magical battle against most opponents. But we are outnumbered more than three to one." "How many are there?" "Twenty-two. Some of them have firearms, but they are not great warriors either. And while they may be expecting you, Mr. O'Sullivan, they will not be expecting Mr. Helgarson to get involved. I imagine the two of you together will be quite formidable." "She's complimenting our martial prowess, Leif," I said to him. "I feel more manly already," He said. The short distance on the 202 was already covered and we were merging onto the southbound 101. "Hey, Malina, tell me how much you want to see us play with our swords.

It would be easier if they named jeans for celebrities so you'd know exactly what you were getting without even having to try them on. 'Mary-Kate' for itty-bitty jeans that come with a cartoonishly oversized caramel latte cup; 'Angelina Jolie' for jeans that are sold with two tiny Cambodian orphans stitched right into the back pockets; 'Katie Holmes', jeans which spell out 'help me!' in the fabric if you look very closesly; and 'Dina Lohan', self-promoting stage mom of Lindsay, for jeans that look OK from a distance, but when you get closer, are actually transparent. For men, there could be 'David Hasselhoff' jeans, made entirely of cheese, and 'John Mayer' jeans which, when removed, become instantly bored and walk themselves to to the house of next 'it' girl in Hollywood.

People just sat around drinking it from these little ceramic cups, and I had to try it, and... it was like drinking the feeling of being peaceful. Being peaceful in your mind. Well, not if you have too much, then it's something else.

During the wait, which eventually stretched over two days and nights, my favorite visitors were the ones who said the three magic words: not “I love you,” or even, “I am praying,” but, “Here’s your latte.” Those words made me smile each time I heard them because the people who brought me lattes weren’t trying to give me answers. They were just trying to give me coffee. They sat with me and wept with me and never said a word. They were the ones who refilled my empty cup.

Is Jace with you?" "Uh, no," said Alec. He wondered if Aline was asking for a specific reason. Aline and Jace had kissed in Alicante, before the war. Alec tried to think of what Isabelle usually said to girls about Jace. "The thing is," he added, "Jace is a beautiful antelope, who has to be free to run across the plains." "What?" said ALine. Maybe Alec had gotten that wrong. "Jace is home with his, uh, his new girlfriend. You remember Clary." Alec hoped Aline was not too heartbroken. "Oh right, the short redhead," she said. Aline was tiny herself, but refused to ever admit it. "you know, Jace was so sad before the war, I thought he must have a forbidden love. I just didn't think it was Clary, for obvious reasons. I thought it was that vampire." Alec coughed. Aline offered him a sip of her latte. "No," he said when he got his voice back. "Jace is not dating Simon. Jace is straight. Simon is straight." "I totally saw scars on Jace's neck," Aline said. "He let the vampire bite him. He brought him to Alicante. I thought: classic Jace. Never makes a mess when a total catastrophe will do. Wait, did you think I wanted a ride on that disaster train?" "Yes?" said Alec.

If there was any justice in the world, I'd never have met you, much less have even a scrap of your regard. And for a while... I thought maybe I'd cheated fate to have you near me. That I was bending the rules—forcing some impossible streak of luck—and any moment, you'd find out who I really was, and then you'd be gone. (...) But what a stupid thing to think. Unfair to you. Did I think so little of you? Did I think you couldn't see who I was, really? Was I foolish enough to believe I could make you see something other than what was there?

No consigo dormirme. Estoy enamorado, y cuando estás enamorado lo menos que te puede pasar es no dormir. Hasta la noche más negra se vuelve roja. Se te amontona tal cantidad de cosas en la cabeza que querrías pensar en ellas todas a la vez y el corazón no consigue calmarse. Y además resulta extraño porque todo te parece hermoso. Haces la misma vida de todos los días, con las mismas cosas y el mismo hartazgo. Y luego te enamoras y esa misma vida se vuelva grandiosa y diferente. Sabes que vives en el mismo mundo de Beatrice y entonces qué más da si el examen te sale mal, si se pincha la rueda del scooter, si Terminator quiere mear, si se pone a llover y no llevas paraguas. Te da lo mismo porque sabes que esas cosas son transitorias. El amor, en cambio, no. Tu estrella roja brilla siempre. Beatrice está ahí, tu amor está dentro de tu corazón y es grande, te hace soñar y nadie puede arrancártelo porque está en un sitio al que nadie puede llegar. No sé cómo describirlo: ojalá no se acabe nunca.

Mio figlio non ha mai incontrato il mio viso, e se fosse nato, forse, non mi avrebbe neanche riconosciuta. La mia carezza è stata un ago che gli ha tolto il respiro, e il mio latte usciva al richiamo di pianti sconosciuti per andare sprecato in un reggiseno che non ho mai più indossato. Ma è da me che è partito, e dentro di me si è fermato. È dalle madri che sempre partiamo, ed è alle madri che sempre torniamo, una volta concluso il viaggio.

My mother was in the hospital & everyone wanted to be my friend. But I was busy making a list: good dog, bad citizen, short skeleton, tall mocha. Typical Tuesday. My mother was in the hospital & no one wanted to be her friend. Everyone wanted to be soft cooing sympathies. Very reasonable pigeons. No one had the time & our solution to it was to buy shinier watches. We were enamored with what our wrists could declare. My mother was in the hospital & I didn't want to be her friend. Typical son. Tall latte, short tale, bad plot, great wifi in the atypical café. My mother was in the hospital & she didn't want to be her friend. She wanted to be the family grocery list. Low-fat yogurt, firm tofu. She didn't trust my father to be it. You always forget something, she said, even when I do the list for you. Even then.

Out in the real world, in which actual human beings live, it’s hard to come up with a more stupid example than 'ditching the daily latte'. Want to get your finances in order? Great! All you have to do is wean yourself off an addictive, stimulatory drug, which you’ve been using all your adult life, will cause withdrawal symptoms and impair your performance when you try to quit, is universally available, woven into the very fabric of social life, is the only addiction that carries no stigma whatsoever, and helped bring about the Enlightenment. Oh, and it’s also really frickin’ delicious.

So che stai leggendo tardi questa poesia, prima di lasciare l' ufficio con l'abbagliante lampada gialla e la finestra nel buio nell'apatia di un fabbricato sbiadito nella quiete dopo l'ora di traffico. So che stai leggendo questa poesia in piedi nella libreria lontano dall'oceano in un giorno grigio di primavera, fiocchi sparsi di neve spinti attraverso enormi spazi di pianure intorno a te. So che stai leggendo questa poesia in una stanza dove tanto è accaduto che non puoi sopportare dove i vestiti giacciono sul letto in cumuli stagnanti e la valigia aperta parla di fughe ma non puoi ancora partire. So che stai leggendo questa poesia mentre il treno della metropolitana perde velocità e prima di salire le scale verso un nuovo tipo d'amore che la vita non ti ha mai concesso. So che stai leggendo questa poesia alla luce del televisore dove immagini mute saltano e scivolano mentre tu attendi le telenotizie sull'intifada. So che stai leggendo questa poesia in una sala d'attesa Di occhi che s'incontrano sì e no, d'identità con estranei. So che stai leggendo questa poesia sotto la luce al neon nel tedio e nella stanchezza dei giovani fuori gioco, che si mettono fuori gioco quando sono ancora troppo giovani. So che stai leggendo questa poesia con una vista non più buona, le spesse lenti ingigantiscono queste lettere oltre ogni significato però continui a leggere perché anche l'alfabeto è prezioso. So che stai leggendo questa poesia mentre vai e vieni accanto alla stufa scaldando il latte, sulla spalla un bambino che piange, un libro nella mano poiché la vita è breve e anche tu hai sete. So che stai leggendo questa poesia non scritta nella tua lingua indovinando alcune parole mentre altre continui a leggerle e voglio sapere quali siano queste parole. So che stai leggendo questa poesia mentre ascolti qualcosa, diviso fra rabbia e speranza ricominciando a fare di nuovo il lavoro che non puoi rifiutare. So che stai leggendo questa poesia perché non rimane nient'altro da leggere là dove sei atterrato, completamente nudo.

But you must admit,it's taking up an inordinate amount of your time. Why it's taken us six months to have dinner together." "Is that all?" He misinterpreted the quiet response, and the gleam in her eyes.And leaned toward her. She slapped a hand on his chest. "Don't even think about it.Let me tell you something,pal.I do more in one day with my school than you do in a week of pushing papers in that office your grandfather gave you between your manicures and amaretto lattes and soirees. Men like you hold no interest for me whatsoever,which is why it's taken six months for this tedious little date.And the next time I have dinner with you,we'll be slurping Popsicles in hell.So take your French tie and your Italian shoes and stuff them." Utter shock had him speechless as she shoved open her door.As insult trickled in,his lips thinned. "Obviously spending so much time in the stables has eroded your manners, and your outlook." "That's right, Chad." She leaned back in the door. "You're too good for me. I'm about to go up and weep into my pillow over it." "Rumor is you're cold," he said in a quiet, stabbing voice. "But I had to find out for myself." It stung,but she wasn't about to let it show. "Rumor is you're a moron. Now we've both confirmed the local gossip." He gunned the engine once,and she would have sworn she saw him vibrate. "And it's a British tie." She slammed the car door, then watched narrow-eyed as he drove away. "A British tie." A laugh gurgled up,deep from the belly and up into the throat so she had to stand, hugging herself, all but howling at the moon. "That sure told me." Indulging herself in a long sigh, she tipped her head back,looked up at the sweep of stars. "Moron," she murmured. "And that goes for both of us." She heard a faint click, spun around and saw Brian lighting up a slim cigar. "Lover's spat?" "Why yes." The temper Chad had roused stirred again. "He wants to take me to Antigua and I simply have my heart set on Mozambique.Antigua's been done to death." Brian took a contemplative puff of his cigar.She looked so damn beautiful standing there in the moonlight in that little excuse of a black dress, her hair spilling down her back like fire on silk.Hearing her long, gorgeous roll of laughter had been like discovering a treasure.Now the temper was back in her eyes,and spitting at him. It was almost as good. He took another lazy puff, blew out a cloud of smoke. "You're winding me up, Keeley." "I'd like to wind you up, then twist you into small pieces and ship them all back to Ireland." "I figured as much." He disposed of the cigar and walked to her. Unlike Chad, he didn't misinterpret the glint in her eyes. "You want to have a pop at someone." He closed his hand over the one she'd balled into a fist, lifted it to tap on his own chin. "Go ahead." "As delightful as I find that invitation, I don't solve my disputes that way." When she started to walk away, he tightened his grip. "But," she said slowly, "I could make an exception." "I don't like apologizing, and I wouldn't have to-again-of you'd set me straight right off." She lifted an eyebrow.Trying to free herself from that big, hard hand would only be undignified.