Sometimes, love was not enough.

It's the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee.

Silent mantra practice helps me respond rather than react.

I've loved him for a decade. And I had him for one day before I made a complete and utter mess of things. Or he did. I'm still not sure about that.

You plan to be a challenge, do you?" Juliana smiled angelically. "I agreed to remain, my lord. Not to remain silent.

And as the bullet ripped through his flesh, Ralston was consumed by a single thought: I never told her that I loved her.

It didn’t matter the quality of the writing— Callie’s fantasies about her fictional heroes were entirely democratic.

Un momento con una donna capricciosa vale undici anni di vita noiosa. A single moment with a fiery female is worth eleven years of a boring life.

And... as long as they need me, it's easier to forget that I am alone.

If I am an empress, he is the only man worthy of being my emperor.

I, for one, have no interest at all in having my heart stolen.

why couldn't someone , somewhere , want her for her ?

She was all he wanted. He would give everything for her. Without thought. Without regret.

He called me a pie!” she announced, defensively. There was a pause. “Wait. That’s not right.” “A tart?” “Yes! That’s it!

You should see what she’s wearing, Callie. It’s velvet. Canary yellow velvet. Turban to match. She looks like a furry banana.

This new world was already turning her into a cabbagehead, and she'd only been a part of it for an evening

Men are not nearly as evolved as women are, nor as intelligent, evidently

I do not traditionally speak ill of women, but your governess is a cabbagehead

Kisses should not leave you satisfied.