“... I firmly believe that a woman can be whatever she wants to be if she sets her mind to it.”

“It simply isnt a womans nature to be silent for prolonged periods of time.”

“Wasn't that the way of the world, though? Only the strong survived, and the weak perished.”

“It simply isn’t a woman’s nature to be silent for prolonged periods of time.”

“To see the years touch ye gives me joy", he whispered, "for it means that ye live.”

“I thought the force of my wanting must wake ye, surely. And then ye did come. . ." He stopped, looking at me with eyes gone soft and dark. "Christ, Claire, ye were so beautiful, there on the stair,...”

“There was something more than a little satisfying about ripping the heart out of someone the moment before they expected to do the same to you.”

“And if you ever - and I do mean ever - try to leave me, Im goin with you.”

“..he wanted her.And at another time, as another man, he would have her. Without hesitation. As lover. . . as more.”

“Annabelle gave him a chiding smile. If youre implying that Im spoiled, I assure you that I am not.You should be. His warm gaze slid over her pink-tinted face and slender upper body, then sought her...”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”