it taught me, that when a woman lets herself love, she loses. it taught me that to survive, you rely on yourself first and last." -adrianne "It should have also taught you that sometimes love has no threshold." -philip

But Roarke doesn't feel weird about it. He's full of it, the love, I mean. And when he loves me, things that never worked in me did - do. It was easier when they didn't work, but it's better when they do. You know?

If something isn't special, then it's ordinary.

Better, Cilla thought, to be alone on a quiet night than to be alone in a crowd. Much better.

The man's got more money than God, and he sends you a bag of coffee?

And still she felt more confident at the prospect of taking on the Russian Mafia than she did attending a backyard barbecue.

Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.