You can't condemn me for wanting you, unless you condemn every other man who has." -Clayton Westmoreland

But he knew instinctively what he suggested was impossible. She'd been through so much, and held her tears back for so long, that Royce doubted that anything could force her to shed them.

Success without someone to share it with is hollow indeed. On the other hand, it beats the heck out of failure.

I'd like to shower and change clothes," she said. "Would you mind waiting for me a half hour?" The question seemed to amuse him. "Not at all," he said with exaggerated formality. "Please take all the time you need." Michael watched her walk away. Did he mind waiting a half hour for her? Not at all. He'd been waiting years for her.

Nor is he man enough to make a woman of you.

It was a kingdom of dreams — a place where things would be just the way I wanted them to be.

Missing you? I could cheerfully murder you.