Biding time is easy -- and gets you nowhere.

With my life comes my heart, yours now to crush or cherish as you will. It is my hope you will have a care in keeping both.

She was the kind of gal that if she set her sights on a man, he'd be running in the opposite direction real quick.

By your father's word has your life been given to me to protect. Now do I give you my life in return, yours to keep until the day I die. --Falon to Shanelle

If you cant laugh at your own characters, or shed a tear for them, or even get angry at one of them, no one else will either.

I'm sorry I stood there like a half-wit, Count Petroff," she told him matter-of-factly, "but I was a bit--surprised. After all, it's not everyday that I see a man who's prettier than I am." (Alexandra)

Do for yourself, for no one else will.