“Fiction should be a place of lollipops and escape. Real life is depressing enough--I, for one, don't want to read about make believe misery, too.”

“I keep thinking it's going to come back when I least expect it. When I'm at my happiest. So I'm always afraid to be happy."Zane looks out at the horizon. "You know, there are so many things that ca...”

“I remember who I am when I'm with you.”

“We stand there, knee deep in the water, holding hands. The silence is thunderous with words we don't speak. I feel his presence beside me like it's an extension of my own body, tall and strong and ...”

“You know what the secret to a happy life is?""No regrets. Just live in the moment.”

“Damn it, I should be the only one allowed to drool over him. I found him first! Or something not as stupid.”

“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.”

“And you are?She fluttered her hand over her face andbrushed a wisp of light brown hair from her brow.The governor calls me Kitty. Itd probably be best if you did, too.What an alluring name? It make...”

“He look at you not because you are sexy, but because your perfect smile.”

“He looked at me with such raw need that my heart skipped a beat. He licked his lips and slowly lowered his head to mine. Does it even matter if he only wants me for my blood?”

“He circled around me, whispering in my ear. Im O positive. Im everyones type.”

“My libido was like a Golden Retriever puppy, ready to jump all over him and lick his face.Down, girl.”

“He circled around me, whispering in my ear. “I’m O positive. I’m everyone’s type.”