I see you've destroyed another police vehicle. Perhaps you now hold the record.

Shannon: Only the living suffered. Only they were riddled with guilt and regret and unanswered questions.

She, as no other ever could, reached every corner of his heart. His joy, and his salvation.

Survivors lived with their mistakes.

I don't fiddle or edit or change while I'm going through that first draft.

Hey. Hands off.” ", "“Please. Please, please, soooo pretty. Lemme just have one little touch.” "“Peabody, isn’t it embarrassing enough you’re wearing pink cowboy boots, again, without standing here drooling on my coat?”", [J.D. Robb, Celebrity In Death]

If you love someone, when it's the most real, the most important thing in your life, it's not enough to coast. You need to dig in those footers, start building on that base. You want something to last, you put your back into it.