I said, you're the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul.

Niall: We're tossed by the winds of fate. Once we end where they blow us, we make of ourselves that we will.

She walked with a ghost of herself, one full of potential and possibility. One who was fearless. Where had that girl gone?

You know, lieutenant, you wear your weapon the way other women wear pearls." "It's not a fashion accessory.

The most important thing is you can't write what you wouldn't read for pleasure. It's a mistake to analyze the market thinking you can write whatever is hot. You can't say you're going to write romance when you don't even like it. You need to write what you would read if you expect anybody else to read it.

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

When you find somebody you love, all the way through, and she loves you—even with your weaknesses, your flaws, everything starts to click into place. And if you can talk to her, and she listens, if she makes you laugh, and makes you think, makes you want, makes you see who you really are, and who you are is better, just better with her, you’d be crazy not to want to spend the rest of your life with her. (Carter Maguire)