The books weren't exactly Linnet's general reading fare, but a desperate woman will read anything.

I have come to the conclusion that silence and time are the most precious commodities.

I woke up this morning,” Gabriel said, “thinking of nothing more than rolling over and pulling you into my arms and kissing you again. Kissing: only kissing. As if I were a green boy of fourteen. In case you don’t realize it, Kate, kissing is not a man’s usual inclination in the morning.

Discretion is a synonym for intelligence.

Let go of the anger, hang on to the good lessons.

A stale mind is the devil's breadbox.

My duchess,” James stated, his eyes sweeping the crowd with the air of a man who has ruled the waves. “She is not a swan, because that would imply she had once been an ugly duckling.