I don't think you tell someone you love them because you expect something. I think you tell them because you have something to give.

...but even strong women need an arm to lean on now and then. (Anna Whitney in Glory in Death)

What if there's a fire?" Glenna said sweetly, and Cian merely smiled. "Then I guess you'd better open a window, and fly.

She could and had faced an armed laser in the hands of a mad mutant mercenary with less fear than she faced such unswerving emotion.

What was your secret?" That brought another smile. "Learn to laugh, otherwise, you'll beat them to death with a hammer first chance

People who say not to speak ill of the dead are hypocrites, because you can take it ot the bank they're thinking ill.

The outward appearance would never indicate they were brothers. (...) But she could see that at the moment they were as united as triplets in the womb.