I never meant to marry. In my opinion, a woman born in the last half of the nineteenth century of the Christian era suffered from enough disadvantages without willfully embracing another.

The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.

Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. 'Did she cry?' she asked sweetly. 'And then you kissed her? You shouldn't have done that. I'm sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.

I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting.

I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.

Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.

stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.