I want you more than I should," she heard herself say. "I have you less than I want.

No second chance?" A wry smile twisted Carrick's lips. "There might have been, had I not waited so long to take it.

Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women.

I hate patience. Slows everything down.

A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice,' Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true.' She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. 'Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth.

Did they know - the young and fearless - what a miraculous thing it was to have all of anyone?

If love doesn't make a fool of us, what will?