Happily ever after?” “If justice doesn’t triumph and love doesn’t make the circle in entertainment fiction, what’s the point? Real life sucks too often.

A bit of sniffles and men are more work than a brood of babies.

I know what it is to be pushed in a direction you don’t want to go, or one you’re not ready for. People say they know what’s best for you. Maybe sometimes it’s true. But...

Hey, handsome.

Excuse me? Tonight you represent every dateless woman in this city, every woman who’s about to sit down to a lonely meal of Weight Watchers past primavera she’s just nuked in the microwave. Every woman...

You’re going to need this,” she said, and pulled out a condom.”At some point, we’re also going to need a defibrillator and a fire extinguisher.””Promises, promises.

Take a few minutes.””No. He’s already had more of my time than he was entitled to.”Yes, he thought as she walked out of his office. Very much like her grandmother.

The wounded recognized the wounded.

David.””Nobody home but you and me,” he said, nibbling at her jaw, her throat, her mouth as he guidedher out of the kitchen. “You know what I was thinking the other day?””No.” How could she?...

it taught me, that when a woman lets herself love, she loses. it taught me that to survive, you rely on yourself first and last.” -adrianne”It should have also taught you that sometimes love has...

He gave her a quick, casual kiss on the cheek first. Then came the hug, and it was the hug that always made Laurel’s heart mush. Serious grip, cheek to the hair, eyes closed, just...

You have any complaints or comments, you direct them to me. If you call and harass Granddadagain, I’ll do whatever I can, legally, to revoke that trust fund you’ve been living off of for the...

I was into third guesses with Theo and Maddy. Anyway, that’s one of the reasons I opted to buythe van and drive cross-country instead of dumping us all in a plane. It gave us some...

No. This would be better as a team.” She dragged her top drawer open, rooted out her aspirin. “Ishould have fired her weeks ago. You were right about that. I was wrong.””I need to write...

I’m going to treat myself to one of these as a reward for not knocking himself unconscious with a skillet.

Compromise isn’t so painful if you’re the one setting the terms.

Oh, God. God, isn’t that perfect? He’s Dad. He’s Dad with a layer of nerd. Solid, steady, chipping away so patiently, you don’t even know you’ve had your shields hacked down until you’re defenseless. It’s...

Earrings are like orgasms. You can never have too many.” ” I never thought about it quite that way.” Well, you’re a man. ” She gave his knee a friendly pat.

Well, I’d have more zing with George Clooney and Harrison Ford in a threesome, but neither of us are going to get that wish.

Kissing Red must’ve killed off some of your brain cells,” Ryder decided. “You can tell a woman what to do—if you play it right—and maybe, maybe half the time she’d do it, or something close...

I can fix a bad page. I can’t fix a blank page.

I find myself fascinated by a man who admits to enjoying fairy tales and uses the word “impinge”- barely misses a beat while indulging in a brief girl-on-girl fantasy. You’re a man of layers, Ford.”Me...

What’s she crying for now?” Theo wanted to know as Pilar clung to his father and sobbed.”Women wait until it’s over before they cry, especially when it’s important.” Maddy studied theway her father turned his...

Anyone that has character leaves a mark on another. Would you like to leave the world without making a ripple?

All he’d learned was that love was a jewel with too many facets to count. Strength and weakness running side by side through it. And that no one could give or take it with any...

We dragged Linc along. His current honey is working tonight.””Still the intern?””Yeah.” Helen sat on the curvy velvet chaise, made herself at home. “I’m starting to think he’sgetting serious about her.””And?””I don’t know. She’s a...

There’s no reward without work, no victory without effort, no battle won without risk.

Algumas pessoas querem o simples, o banal e o tranquilo. Isso não faz com que as pessoas que querem o complicado, o extraordinário e o emocionante sejam gananciosas ou egoístas. Querer é querer, qualquer que...

Writing had never become routine for him, but remained a constant surprise. He was always surprised at how much fun it was, once it all got moving. And never failed to be surprised at how...

Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such...

She pressed her mouth to his throat, his shoulder, would have absorbed him into her skin if she’d known a way.

It’s Salvation. When Jen told me I had a vision. A vision Rena. I think I saw the blessed mother smiling and she was hold ing a loofa.[In regards to moving out of dorms and...

I don’t need you by my side. But I want you there. Very much want you there. That, I think, saysmore. Means more.”He took the hand she held out to him. “We’ll go down. James...

He won’t be one of those girlishly pretty men with curly gold hair…He’ll be dark, dangerous, too. Brave, certainly, but not without flaws. I like my heroes human.

Fair enough.” She lowered her knees, stared down as she buttoned her shirt again. “Ty, I’m reallysorry. I’d never do anything to upset Eli, or to cause trouble between the two of you.””I know.” He...

We’ve got this heat going on, that’s all. If it’s all the same to you, I’d rather not go into that end ofthings.””Oh, it’s all the same to me. You’re both adults and you got...

But when two people feel something, they ought to respect that enough to figure it out

Shall I tell you what rock and roll is, Johnno, from someone who doesn’t perform, but observes? It’s restless and rude. It’s defiant and daring. It’s a fist shaken at age. It’s a voice that...

Creative is my god. Technology my cherished lover.

When you swallow that pride, Eve, take care you don’t choke on it.

I admire independence. The world would be a stronger place if we were all capable of handling life on our own. But being capable of it doesn’t mean being unable to share and depend on...

If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.

Studies show adolescent males often make decisions based on sex. Many fail to grow out of it.

Shannon: Only the living suffered. Only they were riddled with guilt and regret and unanswered questions.

…she lost twenty minutes sitting on the floor with her arms wrapped around her knees, smiling into the pretty glow and imagining herself a contented farmer’s wife waiting for her man to come in from...

I’ve always loved you. I cut my own heart out when I sent you away.

Love runs the engine

It was a mistake to think of houses, old houses, as being empty. They were filled with memories, with the faded echoes of voices. Drops of tears, drops of blood, the ring of laughter, the...

Es como saber que eres el centro, lo único que él ve, que solo te ve a ti. Y eso es tan tierno y excitante… es terrorífico, increíble. Es saber que sólo existe una persona...

If you don’t tell her just that, if you don’t give her your heart, Aidan, if you don’t bare it for her and give her the time to trust what she sees there, you’ll never...