He shook his head and eyed Roarke. "You don't look like a cop." "I'm not and thank you for noticing.

It's an exceptional thing to have someone in your life who knows and understands you so well. Who loves who you are. A very exceptional thing.

Fate rules. You follow the steps and you plan and you work. Then fate slips in laughing and makes fools of us. Sometimes we can trick it or out guess it but most often its already written. For some its written in blood. That doesn't mean we stop, but it does mean we can't comfort ourselves with blame. It's easier to take the blame than to admit there was nothing you could do to stop whatever happened.

She was tough in the best sense of the word. She'd taken blows, the disappointments, and had worked her way through them. Some people, he knew, would have buckled under, found a clutch, or given up. But she had carved a place for herself and made it work.

Courage comes in different forms. There's strength--that's the muscle. But love's the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything.

My boyfriend and I are badasses.

If you tell me I'm sensible in addition to normal and wise, I'm going to punch you in the stomach.