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

A relationship isn't something that has to be created in a day or perfected in a day. Part of the game is to keep working on it. It's something that'll always be just a little flawed.

Bite me." -Lieutenant Eve Dallas, from any of the In Death books.

You all right?" Diana let out a deep breath. "Ask me again when I'm not praying.

Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

He pulled himself out of hard times, dealt with the scars from it, pushed himself to make a mark. A little bit of the wild side there, always. I told myself, oh no, I won't get tangled up with this one. And I said it again, even when I was tangled up.

Don't you want me to kiss you goodbye, sweetie?" "Kiss a cow farm boy