The tune was sad, as the best of Ireland was, melancholy and lovely as a lover's tears.

Men shake hands after they beat each other up; we eat chocolate.

squats are a form of torture designed by people who don’t need to do squats in the first place

Roarke had to force himself not to snatch her up as she swept through the hallowed Senate halls. Members of the media were already leaping toward her, but she cut through them as if they weren’t there. “I like your style, Lieutenant Dallas,” he said when they’d fought their way to the car. “I like it a lot. And by the way, I don’t think I’m in love with you anymore. I know I am.

Marriage is a land mine. A really intimate land mine. Adultery to kitchen fires. Never a dull [moment].

I promised myself that no matter where I went, what I did, I'd never take anything for granted again.

Into the night, in the dark, he lay beside her, listening to her breathe. He knew the varied and sundry reasons a man would kill. But none were more fierce, none were more vital than to hold safe what he loved.