She, as no other ever could, reached every corner of his heart. His joy, and his salvation.

- "Women should all move to Amazonia, or at least vacation there four times a year." - "Amazonia?" - "It's the girl world in my head, where I go when I'm annoyed with Carter, or just men in general. There are five shoe stores per capita, nothing has any calories, and all the books and movies end happy ever after." - "I like Amazonia. When do we leave?

A woman with romance in her life lived as grandly as a queen, because her heart was treasured.

Life's tough," Mia said with a shrug. "You play the cards you're dealt or you fold.

I’ve been happy alone and I’ve been unhappy without you. I never wanted to depend on anyone, or to let myself care so much I could be made unhappy. But I depend on you and I love you.

And still she felt more confident at the prospect of taking on the Russian Mafia than she did attending a backyard barbecue.

The man was useless as tits on a bull, but he didn't deserve to die like that.