And you're not going to tell me she didn't make a move on you. At least test the waters." "The waters," he said, "were not receptive." "If they had been, I'd have drowned her in them already.

You can't write well what you don't read for pleasure. If it doesn't entertain you, it's not going to entertain anyone else.

The tune was sad, as the best of Ireland was, melancholy and lovely as a lover's tears.

It does not make you less of a woman to need a man. To need one to exist, yes, this is nonsense. To need one to give one scope and importance, this is dishonest. But to need a man, one man, to bring joy and passion? This is life

What did she say?" Eve asked when they got into the car. "Here's love, she said, to hold until next we meet and I give you more.

...She'd gone past interest, swung into attraction, burst through lust, tripped over affection, and was now skidding out of control into love.

You can't argue with math, Carter. You'll always lose.