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It Does Not Make You Less Of A Woman To Need A Man. To Need One To Exist, Yes, This Is Nonsense. To Need One To Give One Scope And Importance, This Is Dishonest. But To Need A Man, One Man, To Bring Joy And Passion? This Is Life

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It Does Not Make You Less Of A Woman To Need A Man. To Need One To Exist, Yes, This Is Nonsense. To Need One To Give One Scope And Importance, This Is Dishonest. But To Need A Man, One Man, To Bring Joy And Passion? This Is Life

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What If There's A Fire?" Glenna Said Sweetly, And Cian Merely Smiled. "then I Guess You'd Better Open A Window, And Fly.

Do You Know What Happens When You Always Look Before You Leap?" She Reached Out And Touched His Hand Before Hurrying Toward The Door. "you Hardly Ever Make The Jump.

The Vulnerability Undid Him Even As The Strength Brought Him Pride. And The Whole Of Her Brought Him Love Beyond The Measuring Of It. Of All He'd Craved In His Life, All He'd Dreamed Of Having, All He'd Fought To Gain By Fair Means Or Foul, He'd Never Imagined Having Such Such As She As His Own. Never Imagined Himself The Man He'd Come To Be Because She Was.

Men Shake Hands After They Beat Each Other Up; We Eat Chocolate.

Wouldn't It Be Nice If Everything Balanced In The World? If Right Came Out On Top And Wrong Was Punished. It Sure Would Be Simple.

Body Adornments Show That We're Aware Of Our Bodies And Expect Others To Be Aware As Well.

When You Find Somebody You Love, All The Way Through, And She Loves You—even With Your Weaknesses, Your Flaws, Everything Starts To Click Into Place. And If You Can Talk To Her, And She Listens, If She Makes You Laugh, And Makes You Think, Makes You Want, Makes You See Who You Really Are, And Who You Are Is Better, Just Better With Her, You’d Be Crazy Not To Want To Spend The Rest Of Your Life With Her. (carter Maguire)

A Pity It Was So Early In The Day And I Couldn't Treat Myself To The Roller Coaster. We'll Have To Come Back, You And I, And Make Up For It." "sure, When I've Lost My Mind And Want To Rush Screaming Through The Air In A Little Car.

We All Look. The Lucky Find.

If You Don't Go After What You Want, You'll Never Have It.

She Walked With A Ghost Of Herself, One Full Of Potential And Possibility. One Who Was Fearless. Where Had That Girl Gone?

Give Them Your Brains, Girl, Never Your Guts.

We're Not Blank Slates. What We've Done, What We've Survived All Go Into Us.

And Don’t Worry.” Bob, Carter’s Best Man And Colleague, Held Up A Notebook Computer. “i’ve Got It Handled On This End. And I Memorized The Vows Just In Case He Needs Me To Throw Him A Line.” “you’re A Treasure, Bob.” She Waited Until She Was Out Of Earshot To Laugh.

Today Should Always Be Outlawed In Favor Of Tomorrow

Into The Night, In The Dark, He Lay Beside Her, Listening To Her Breathe. He Knew The Varied And Sundry Reasons A Man Would Kill. But None Were More Fierce, None Were More Vital Than To Hold Safe What He Loved.

It Looks Like Armani And Cartier Went To War.

Better, Cilla Thought, To Be Alone On A Quiet Night Than To Be Alone In A Crowd. Much Better.

Tell Him I Took The Cat

You're Going To Be Unemployed If You Really Think You Just Have To Sit Around And Wait For The Muse To Land On Your Shoulder.

I Don't Think You Tell Someone You Love Them Because You Expect Something. I Think You Tell Them Because You Have Something To Give.

Someone You Love

Potholes And Bumps? Welcome To The World. Every Road Gas Them. They're There To Be Navigated, Avoided, Driven Over, Or Through To The Other Side. Don't Keep Driving Into The Pothole.

You Have Heard The Expression 'love Is Blind'" "i Think It's Bullshit. Lust Dazzles, Sure, At Least For The Short Term. But Love Clears The Vision. You See Better, Sharper, Because You Feel More That You Did Before

She Surrounded Herself With Books At Work And At Home. Her Living Space Was A Testament To Her First And Abiding Love With Shelves Jammed With Books Tables Crowded With Them. She Saw Them Not Only As Knowledge Entertainment Comfort Even Sanity But As A Kind Of Artful Decoration.

What Do You Know About Life? " Bitterness Ached In Her Throat. " You Were Born With Everything. You Never Had To Struggle For A Single Thing You Wanted, Never Had To Worry If You'd Be Accepted Or Loved Or Wanted Back." He Stared At Her, Grateful For The Moment That She Couldn't See That He'd Spent Nearly Half Of His Life Worrying That She, The Single Thing He Wanted, Would Accept Him, Love Him, And Want Him Back.

I Think Those Who Have Impact And Influence Over Us Are Often Unaware.

Marry Me, Rebecca...you Might As Well Say Yes. I'll Just Talk You Into It.

Okay. Look, Why Don't You Take Care Of The Half A Million Things You've Been Letting Dangle In Roarke's Empire Of Everything?" "catchy Title. I May Use It One Day.

Luck Is Luck ... What We Do With It Determines Whether It's Good Or Bad.

Men Are Boys In Bigger Packages.

I Don't Think You Can Write - At Least Not Well - If You Don't Love Stories, Love The Written Word.

Eve, We're Going To Be Married In A Few Days." The Jittering Started Again, Big Time. "yeah." "if He Keeps Looking At You Like That, I'm Going To Have To Hurt Him.

No Second Chance?" A Wry Smile Twisted Carrick's Lips. "there Might Have Been, Had I Not Waited So Long To Take It.

My Fondest Wish, I Suppose, Would Be To Die At The Keyboard Right After Finishing A Book, Perhaps With A Little Time Off To Have Some Really Good Sex. It's Not, 'oh, Thank God, This Is Book No. 250. I Can Die Now.'

If You Don't Step Forward, You're Always In The Same Place.

I Would Hope That My Writing's Cleaner Than It Was When I Started.

Did They Know - The Young And Fearless - What A Miraculous Thing It Was To Have All Of Anyone?

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