I've always thought it was about finding the right person. But it's about choosing the right person, isn't it?
I told him I had always kept my inner Martha Stewart chained in the basement, but for his sake I would set her loose. ~ Haven Travis
I reflected that for all the people you lost touch with or couldn't hold on to, life occasionally made up for it by giving you the right person at the right time.
I need you for a lot of things, Hardy. A lifetime's worth of things.
I like holding it at the base. It’s too long for you, he insisted, which is why you pull your swing just before you hit the ball— I like a long bat, Lillian argued, even as he adjusted her hands on th...
I lacked some essential skill for attracting people, for giving and receiving love easily. It meant too much to me. I seemed to be driving away the people I most wanted. Finally I had realized that ge...
I can't imagine a sweeter agony, having him so close.
He loved her beyond earth, heaven, or hell. Every moment out of her company was agony; every moment with her was the only peace he had ever known. Every touch of her hands left an imprint that ate dow...
Fear you? she said without thinking. Good God, I would never do that.Easing her head back, Westcliff looked at her while a slow smile spread across his face. No, you wouldn't, he agreed. You'd spit in...
Clinging to him desperately, Sara kept her mouth at his ear. Listen to me. All she could do was play her last card. Her voice trembled with emotion. You can't change the truth. You can act as though y...
Christopher’s numbness started melting like spring ice. And it had nothing to do with the Armagnac. It was all Beatrix.God, he adored her.But the more he thawed, the more volatile he felt. Need surged...
Captain Phelan, Cam asked, choosing his words with care. Have you come to ask for our consent to marry Beatrix?Christopher shook his head. If I decide to marry Beatrix, I’ll do it with or without your...
Cam had once told her that the Rom believed the entire world was their home. As long as you were with your family you were home.
Bending his head over hers, Leo murmured, When I give you away at the altar, Bea, I want you to remember something. I'm not really giving you away. I'm merely allowing him the chance to love you as mu...
Any man, she muttered, who wanted to marry into the Hathaway family after this should be shut away in an institution.Marriage is an institution, he said.
She could only wait for someone, something, to free her from the invisible chains that bound her.
Just a little touches her and there. He puts his hands on your arms or back, he stands close to you, getting you used to him... it's a mating ritual. Like March of the Penguins.
It was better to answer, no matter how ineptly, thank to withhold a reply. Because sometimes silence could wound someone nearly as badly as a bullet.
You would be purely ornamental, Evie replied, giggling. Ah, well, I suppose there’s some value in that. God help me if I should ever lose my looks. I wouldn’t mind. He gave her a quizzical smile. What...
You won't kiss me for diamonds, he said, his voice slightly raspy, but you will for chocolates?Poppy nodded.