I think she was the love of his life. When you've got one of those, it does stuff to you. It makes you think about them even when you're doing routine things. It makes you want to protect them, to make them happy and safe.

"Statues are too much like dolls, and dolls are creepy. You keep expecting them to blink. And the ones that smile, like this?" Eve kept her lips tight together and she curved them up. "You know they've got teeth in there. Big, sharp, shiny teeth." "I didn't. But now I've got to worry about it."

Dinner's in one hour. If you're not back, sitting at the table, I'll beat you all unconscious with a spatula.

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

I don't think you tell someone you love them because you expect something. I think you tell them because you have something to give.

He won't be one of those girlishly pretty men with curly gold hair...He'll be dark, dangerous, too. Brave, certainly, but not without flaws. I like my heroes human.

There were too many idiot men in the world, to her way of thinking. And most of them ended up bumping up against stubborn women.