You are wise as well as short." "I can also break bricks with my bare hands." "That's a handy skill if you ever find yourself walled up in the basement of an abandoned house by a psychopath.

I don't like the idea of you shivering unless I cause it. Stay warm." ----Roarke, Naked In Death

The worst, the very worst requirement of friendship, in Eve Dallas's opinion, was sitting through an entire evening of childbirth classes. What went on there--the sights, the sounds, the assault on all the senses--turned the blood cold.

I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure.

You didn’t hurt me, the situation did. And now that I know why I felt that way, it won’t hurt.

Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.

i had that hole in me. that empty space...she put it in me, you filled it...she was part of my life. you are my life. if i have a regret, it,s that even for an instant you could think otherwise. or that i allowed you to. -Roarke