“You try spending six months sitting at somebody's bedside, waiting for them to die and then tell me that the happy-ending love story isn't one of God's good gifts.”

“Something snapped inside her. Of course Im afraid! Relationships do bad things to me. He started to respond, but the pain had gone on long enough, and she didnt want to hear it. You know what I wan...”

“Colin : Perhaps now is the time to tell you that I have a weakness for agreeable women.Sugar Beth : Well, that sure does leave me out.Colin : Exactly. With agreeable women, Im unendingly considerat...”

“[Colin to Sugar Beth] I put my heart on every page.”

“Hed lapped at her ankles like a lovesick pup, and shed been exactly what she was now, a woman born too beautiful and too rich to worry about a small thing like integrity.”

“Now, now. Southern ladies dont French-kiss and tell.”

“Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to stay in that chair until words are written, or you're going to give up and walk away. The ...”

“Im likely to stay here, pen in hand, until dusk comes and my writing melts into the twilight.”

“To be honest, I love watching some of the old cartoons and new ones that are popular. It's another way to make me happy and reminisce the good old times. Plus, it makes me forget the recreational w...”

“Im a dot in the grand scheme of things. I dont matter, not even to the other dots.”

“Music is a writer's heartbeat.”

“Gratitude is the gateway to a positive life.”

“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”