I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels.

Denial is an ugly thing.

Women want the fairytale. Not all women, of course, but most women grow up dreaming about the kind of man who would risk everything for them, even knowing they might get hurt.

No drowning man can know which drop of water his last breath did stop.

There's nothing you can tell me that will change how I feel about you. Nothing. Because that isn't you. It's never been you. You're the woman I've come to know. The woman I love.

I know the Lord has a plan for us all, but sometimes, I just don't understand what the message can be.

...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.