One of the blessings human beings take for granted is the ability to remember pain without re-feeling it. The pain of the physical wounds is long gone …and the other kind of hurt, the damage done to o...
One can't help but marvel at the variety of ways that women had devised to make us look like flaming idiots.
On Monday they went out for a private picnic.On Tuesday they went for a carriage drive.On Wednesday they went to pick bluebells.On Thursday they fished at the lake, returning with damp clothes and sun...
Obviously he’s courting the entire family, West told her. I can’t speak for everyone else, but I for one feel thoroughly wooed.
No one had ever said such things to her before. People were intimidated by her self-possession and no-nonsense demeanor. No man would ever dream of calling her adorable, sweet, darling... and certainl...
No miles of level desert, no jagged mountain heights, no sea of endless blueNeither words nor tears, nor silent fearswill keep me from coming back to you.
Merripen, despite his fear of heights, had often climbed a ladder to wash the second floor window for her. He had wanted her view of the outside world to be clear.He had said the sky should always be...
It's me, love, he said softly. Everything's all right.Daisy managed to whisper through dry lips. If you're a ghost...I hope you haunt me forever.Matthew sat on the floor and reached for her cold hands...
If you won’t marry me for the sake of your own honor, then do it for the sake of everyone who would have to tolerate me otherwise. Marry me because I need someone who will help me to laugh at myself....
If I listened to your advice, I'd be making your mistakes instead of my own.
I-I’m not making advances, she told him as she flattened herself against his chest. You’re just an available s-source of heat. So you say, St. Vincent replied lazily, tucking the quilt more tightly ar...
I'm sorry. Her voice cracked. McKenna-Not sorry enough. He pressed his wet face to hers, his mouth rubbing over her cheeks and chin in feverish, rough half kisses, as if he wanted to devour her. Not n...
I'm coming to believe that there are two kinds of people... those who choose to be masters of their own fate and those who wait in chairs while other dance. I would rather be one of the former than th...
I want you to admit just once what you feelfor me. I want to know if you'll miss me evena little. If you'll remember me. If you're sorryfor anything.
I want to fill every part of you, breathe the air from your lungs and leave my handprints on your soul. I want to give you more pleasure than you can bear.
I suppose now I'm obliged to wish you happiness in your new life. Although happiness in the absence of indoor plumbing is a debatable concept.
He'll survive, he answered her. Just as he's survived everything else in his life. But he'll never be the same.
Have you noticed nothing odd about their relationship, Valentine? No, and it’s not appropriate for us to discuss it. Monsieur Broussard regarded Mrs. Pennywhistle with keen interest. I’m French, he sa...
Friends are the support bras of life.
For God's sake, Marks, do you think anyone really wants a glance at those dried-up matchsticks you call legs?