...If I don't have twenty or thirty books right here, waiting to be read, I start jonesing. That's my compulsion.

Magic is. But its power is nothing beside love. --Prince Carrick

Better, Cilla thought, to be alone on a quiet night than to be alone in a crowd. Much better.

He gave her a quick, casual kiss on the cheek first. Then came the hug, and it was the hug that always made Laurel’s heart mush. Serious grip, cheek to the hair, eyes closed, just a little sway. Del’s hugs mattered, she thought, and made him impossible to resist.

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

Somethings in life are out of your control. you can make it a party or a tragedy. Or, you could refuse to take the next step. You could refuse to take what you wanted most because you're afraid some day you might lose it.

Pretending the past doesn't exist is as bad as living in it.