Said to Mairin; "There's little decency to good loving" Maddie said. "If 'tis decent, it isn't much fun"!

You can't control everything. You can't control how someone feels about you. Or what makes them tick. You can only control how you react, how you act, how you think and feel.

Promise me, man. If anything ever happens to me, promise me you'll take care of Angelina. She's something special, Micah. Heart way too big for her own good. I worry because she doesn't see everyone for who they are. She's too busy looking for the good. I've tried to get her to adopt some cynicism, but the truth of the matter is, she wouldn't be the same girl if she did.

She exists, Damon. There are women out there who crave what we can give them. Once you taste it, you can't ever let go of it.

And maybe that’s was her biggest crime of all. Making him fall in love with her.

What are the two of you whispering about?” Alaric demanded irritably. She glanced over to see the warrior watching her, his eyes narrow with suspicion. “If I wanted you to know, I’d have spoken louder,” she said calmly. He turned away muttering what she was sure were more blasphemies about annoying females. “You must make the priest weary with the length of your confessions,” she said. He raised one eyebrow. “Who says I confess anything?

Here we are, a man and a woman, both wanting the same things, and yet, you aren’t attracted to me.