“Like Mum and that bastard. You mean Da?Call him what you like.”

“I know Im not an easy She-dragon to. . not fear. Im not afraid of you, Ghleanna. Ive never been afraid of you. To be quite honest. . I think youre amazing. I always have. Since the first time you i...”

“Whats wrong with him?Nothing. Hes just. . just. . Just what?A peacemaker. And shed dropped her voice to a whisper. What would I do with a peacemaker? The same thing I did with a whore.”

“Please dont hug me. Please dont hug me.But she did. And now Bram had two sets of black eyes glaring at him.Finally, he said out loud, Its not me! I swear! Rhiannon laughed and leaned back from Bram...”

“You off then, Da? she asked.Aye. Too old for all this killing. And to prove that, her father turned and brought his axe down on the head of a traitor that had gotten too close. Spun once more and c...”

“A whore Ailean may have been, but a loving, caring whore who adored his offspring and mate.”

“He had a charm about him sometimes, a warmth that was irresistible, like sunshine. He planted Saffy triumphantly on the pavement, opened the taxi door, slung in his bag, gave a huge film-star wave,...”

“He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father.”

“1. I think what haunts many people in the world is to lose something they love, something they value, and someone they care for, for me it was my father, I was losing him when I met him. I felt lif...”

“One day, I decided to help wherever I could & it was almost like magic, because I was exactly what the world needed everywhere I went.”

“There is no more compelling motivation to worthwhile endeavor than the knowledge that we are children of God, that God expects us to do something with our lives, and that He will give us help when ...”

“Only a person who is motivated in the inner depths of his being will help without hesitation and with no obligation for the one helped.”

“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.”