Roarke, what's going on here?' 'Lieutenant.' He leaned forward, touched his lips to hers. 'Indications are we're having a romance.

The very young and the very old often saw what others could not. Or would not.

I would hope that my writing's cleaner than it was when I started.

She wants to learn how to handle a gun. Well, I want George Clooney naked in my bed, but I haven't attempted kidnapping. Yet.

If you’re looking for the full deal, the till-death deal, then look at me. No one’s ever going to love you, stick by you, understand how you work the way I do. (Malcolm Kavanaugh)

Change was as much about loss as gain, about giving something up even as you reached for something new or different. The world was opening up, not closing in.

Even a good place gets to be a rut, especially if you're standing in it alone... Alone and lonely have the same root.