“Listen carefully. I'd crush you like a bug for causing my wife one single moment of pain. Believe it. Fear it. ”

“Bite me." -Lieutenant Eve Dallas, from any of the In Death books.”

“She, as no other ever could, reached every corner of his heart. His joy, and his salvation.”

“Lord, Give me the strength not to bitch slap this woman.”

“That's science fiction shit," "It's only fiction until science catches up.”

“He'd wanted her. Out of all the women in the world, he'd wanted her. Wanted, hell, she thought grinning now. Pursued, demanded. Taken. And while she could admit all of that was exciting, he'd gone ...”

“I said, you're the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul.”

“Marriage isn't for the weak or lazy. It's work, and it should be. What would be the point otherwise?”

“Marriage isn't for the weak or lazy. It's work, and it should be. What would be the point otherwise?”

“Every great love starts with a great story...”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extend...”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”