Win told me that one isn’t improved by being at the top of the mountain, one is improved by the climb.

Daisy had known the novel was silly even as she had read it, but that had not detracted one bit from her enjoyment.

Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible.

I loved him so much, loved his fearlessness, his strength, even the ambition that would someday take him away from me.

For thousands of nights I dreamed of making love to you. No man on earth has ever hated sunrise as I do.

I have always hated flying. The idea of it is an affront to nature. People are meant to stay on the ground.

No matter how strong our resolve, we eventually find ourselves enslaved by the compulsive preference for one particular woman. You’ve been caught, my friend. You may as well reconcile yourself to it.” Nick did not bother trying to deny it. “I was going to be so much smarter than you,” he muttered. Sir Ross grinned. “I prefer to think that intelligence has nothing to do with it. For if a man’s intellect is measured by his ability to remain untouched by love, I would be the greatest idiot alive.