A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.

Most men don’t seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder on a fire.” ~ Liberty Jones

… I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.

Alone-sex didn’t count. It’s like the difference between thinking to yourself or having a good conversation with someone—-the pleasure is in the exchange.” -Liberty Jones

Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible.

His kisses tapped into deep mines of memory, and the years that had separated us fell away as if they were nothing.

Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in the salsa. The answer is always no.” -Liberty Jones

You’re so full of it, darlin’.

I think you could probably thaw out a glacier, honey.” -Hardy Cates

They had studied law, information technology and art history as part of their beauty treatment, they had let Norwegian taxpayers finance years at university just so that they could end up as overqualified, stay-at-home playthings...

I looked down at the brochure nearest me.”We’re going to Nigeria,” I threatened. “I hope you like elephant polo.” -Liberty Jones

I’d sell my soul to have you. In my whole life, you’ll always be what I wanted most.”~ Hardy Cates