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

If I listened to your advice, I'd be making your mistakes instead of my own.

Christopher heard a pair of women gossiping nearby, whispering in disapproving undertones. "... Ramsey was found flirting in a corner with a woman. They had to drag him away from her." "Who was it?" "His own wife." "Oh, dear.

Darlin'...I know what you look like when you've been kissed.

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

Fate is the malevolent little jester sitting up in the heavens and pondering over how ridiculous we humans are and he does his best to make fools out of all of us. And sooner or later he succeeds.

Hardy's either done the wrong thing for the wrong reason . . . " Another big swallow. "Or the wrong thing for the right reason.