Do you know what happens when you always look before you leap?" She reached out and touched his hand before hurrying toward the door. "You hardly ever make the jump.

You bring the color and the life. It's a lucky man who is offered that color and life, and a wise one who values it.

He'd done as he'd pleased and even had often enjoyed long runs of luck where he hadn't been caught. But the luckiest moment of his life had been being caught.

Women are the worst. They zero in on some guy.Oh boy, he's the one, gotta get me that one. So they do. Then they spend the rest of their time trying to figure out how to change him. Then if they manage it, they're not all that interested anymore, because guess what? He's not the one anymore.

We're all victims of what life deals out. It's how we handle it that's important.

I had the blood and fire rule when my boys were young. You know, unless it's blood or fire, don't bother me.

Give them your brains, girl, never your guts.