Holding onto something that's gone only makes a sickness inside.

A writer never finds the time to write. A writer makes it. If you don't have the drive, the discipline, and the desire, then you can have all the talent in the world, and you aren't going to finish a book.

I think things happen between people for a reason.

What kind of a maniac needed over five thousand plates?

Shannon: Only the living suffered. Only they were riddled with guilt and regret and unanswered questions.

Roarke had to force himself not to snatch her up as she swept through the hallowed Senate halls. Members of the media were already leaping toward her, but she cut through them as if they weren’t there. “I like your style, Lieutenant Dallas,” he said when they’d fought their way to the car. “I like it a lot. And by the way, I don’t think I’m in love with you anymore. I know I am.

Couples take care of each other, Clare, that's what makes them a couple. And couples tell each other when something happens that scares them.