“It was only a matter of time. She would love him before the week was out and it would be gloriously terrible, wonderfully hopeless.”

“Squabbling over too little is just human nature. But it says a great deal about a person, what they do with abundance.”

“I know how mirrors work. They're all in league with the cosmetics trade. They tell a woman lies. Drawing her gaze from one imagined flaw to another, until all she sees is a constellation of imperfe...”

“You're an intensely attractive woman. You do know that, don't you?" To her silence, he replied, "You'd believe me if you could see your”

“This was now officially the most inane conversation in which Griff had ever been a participantand that included a drunken debate with Del over ostrich racing.The color isnt too awful? She twisted a...”

“Dont. Dont play that game. His brow pressed to hers. When I heard you cry out ... it was like a saber to the gut. I wanted to die.”

“Wrong. Enemies don't fight with such determined passion. That kind of focus is reserved for friends at odds with one another."pg 69 Tomas to Vlad”

“When we dont have way to express our feelings then at odds in choosing way and every path of life shows gloomy image.”

“When we don’t have way to express our feelings then at odds in choosing way and every path of life shows gloomy image.”

“nights and days came and passedand summer and winterand the sun and the windand the rain.and it was good to be a little islanda part of the worldand a world of its ownall surrounded by the bright b...”

“When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground it makes a loud crashing sound. When a window shatters a table leg breaks or when a picture falls off the wall it makes a noise. But as for your heart...”

“A good friend of mine once said, "I have never met a bigot who was a reader as a child.”

“Some experiences are universal. A girl is a girl whether she lives in West Omaha or Sweet Valley. Books are often far more than books.”

“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books”