I love you," he said, his voice catching. "When I thought you were going to die, I wanted to die.

Discretion is a synonym for intelligence.

One more time, she promised herself. That wasn't too trollopy. She wouldn't be too trollopy. But when they actually got to the guardhouse? Trollopy.

Life does not always gives us the choices that we want

A stale mind is the devil's breadbox.

Some say writing is its own reward. I write for money, but writing for money is not so bad, especially when that writing brings you joy.

If you throw me out of this house, I shall sleep on the path outside. If you return to the Continent without me, I shall follow you. I will build a willow hut at your gate; I will sleep under your window; I will be waiting for you at your own front door.