You got used to running things on your own." "What could he do about it when he's in Iraq and the car breaks down in Kansas?" Beckett gave her a long, quiet look. "I'm not in Iraq." "No, and it has to be said, I'm not in Kansas anymore." She lifted her hands, then let them fall. "It's not that I've forgotten how to be a couple, but that my experience in being part of one is different from yours. Maybe from most people's. And I've been on my own a long time." "Now you're not. I'm not fighting a war, and I'm right here." Needed to be here, he realized, with her.

My boyfriend and I are badasses.

I don't like the idea of you shivering unless I cause it. Stay warm." ----Roarke, Naked In Death

I had the blood and fire rule when my boys were young. You know, unless it's blood or fire, don't bother me.

And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.

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

Those big blue eyes were swimming, and he was afraid that if the first tear fell, he would break and carry her off anywhere she wanted to go.