But you don't let true happiness slip out of your grasp without one helluva fight.

Nobody else can demean me. I can only demean myself

Losing isn't as bad as not fighting at all.

Anything worth having is worth fighting for.

I don't actually listen to much music since I need quiet to work.

Defeat held no honor.

Writing was my first occupation, begun at age 23.

Villains are meant to be hated.

Biding time is easy -- and gets you nowhere.

Anytime, anywhere, ask, and I am yours.

Stupid people always ignored good advice

Who said love was reasonable?

Do for yourself, for no one else will.

With my life comes my heart, yours now to crush or cherish as you will. It is my hope you will have a care in keeping both.

She was the kind of gal that if she set her sights on a man, he'd be running in the opposite direction real quick.

If you cant laugh at your own characters, or shed a tear for them, or even get angry at one of them, no one else will either.

Do I look like a mess?” she asked. He nodded. “But you’re my mess,” he whispered.

Be careful what you wish for,her mind thundered.

I keep waiting for the day in which everyone who loves Downton Abbey will realize they were actually watching a historical romance novel.