You--Roarke." Eyes watering, she reached for more tissue. "Jesus, Eve. Jesus Christ, you never sleep with anybody. And you're telling me you slept with Roarke?" "That's not precisely accurate. We didn't sleep.

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.

Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.

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

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

Love without trust? It's not love at all.

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