She felt like she was leaving home, and had no idea when she’d be back again, if ever.
Part of being an adult, someone told me once, is accepting your parents as they are, with all their failings.
Not if you’re inside here and are very quiet. I’ll bring you something to eat. He nodded again. She stroked his head, smiled, and wheeled her bike back outside, and then rode back to the château. She...
Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through. It's like some people just come through our lives to bring us something: a gift, a blessing,...
May the surprises in your lives always be good ones.And may the people in your lives treat you kindly and fairly.And may the choices and sacrifices you make in your lives be the right ones for you.May...
Love is messy. If you really love someone, you can't avoid the pain. People die, people leave, things change, but sometimes it all works
Life is made up of special moments, moments of joy, or of sorrow, of great good fortune, incredible thoughtfulness, moments you never forget, and that impact an entire lifetime, moments you treasure....
It just goes to show, never say never, or the next thing you know, you’ll be doing what you said you never would, owning a dog you swore you didn’t want and walking (or carrying) a tiny, totally encha...
I don't want to make a mistake and marry the wrong woman. I'd rather be alone.
He generally traveled to Europe four or five times a year. The pharmaceutical empire he ran had research centers in Germany, Switzerland, and France, and huge laboratories and factories in England. It...
Feelings aren't sensible. Sometimes you fall in love with people who don't make sense. And the ones who do make sense turn out to be the wrong ones.
Do you sit home like the Virgin Mary waiting for Prince Charming to come along? Or do you go out with Prince not-so-charming and at least get out of the house and have some fun while you wait for the...
Bill Casey called her the next morning to say he wanted her to bid on the two paintings at Christie’s, to start his collection. His wife had liked them too, when he showed her the images. They establi...
And the worst thing she had heard were the words he hadn't said, the fact that he hadn't loved her.
It's been very hard, after being mostly a mom, to develop an adult life of my own. And not being married anymore, I have to come up with challenges.
He smiled.
Generations of love and hope, strife and passion. 978-0-7515-4070-3 * published outside the UK under the title PASSION’s PROMISE
Dangers of her past. She cared about what he provided in an otherwise dangerous world. Russia is a hard place, she said quietly, or it used to be. I think it still is for most people. The strong ones...
Amiably.
You could never predict what would happen. There was an element of destiny in everything that one could never account for.