My parents never said it. They thought you shouldn't wear out the words

Her chances of a decent marriage were about to be dashed-and all because of a ferret.

One should make the best choice possible given the circumstances, and then avoid second-guessing for the sake of one's own sanity.

She was everything he'd ever wanted, beauty and fire arching against his despoiling hands.

You know what it is you smell on him, Haven? Testosterone. It's leaking out of his pores.

You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.

It was a kiss to level mountains and shake stars from the sky. It was a kiss to make angels faint and demons weep...a passionate, demanding, soul-searing kiss that nearly knocked the earth off its axis.