A man's vanity is more fragile that you might think. It's easy for us to mistake shyness for coldness, and silence for indifference.

I wish you were a mind-reader. I want you to know everything but I don't want to have to tell you. Because there are some things I don't want to say out loud.

Roy received my comments with a forced smile. "Hardy, didn't I warn you not to date a woman who reads?" Hardy seemed amused by my outspokenness. "Keeps the arguing to a minimum," he replied. "No point in trying when I know she's going to win.

You can't love someone new without getting over the last one.

I didn't think there was any way to convince Jack that he wanted more than I had to give, that to people who'd been damaged the way I had been, fear and the will to survive would always be more powerful than attachment. I could only love in a limited way

Cam had once told her that the Rom believed the entire world was their home. As long as you were with your family you were home.

A lifetime with such a woman was not nearly enough.