She wept with shame for her lack of will and with fear for a love she couldn't control.

Behold your new mistress, my wife," he pronounced, "and know that when she bids you, I have bidden you. What service you render her, you are rendering me. What loyalty you give or withhold from her, you give or withhold from me!" -Royce Westmoreland

There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.

Love" and all the obsessive behaviors associated with it, was an absurd emotion.

Whitney: Where is your home? Clayton: Wherever you are.

How foolish to yearn to ask the very person who'd caused the pain to heal it

At my age, I regard each funeral I attend as a personal triumph, because I was not the guest of honor.