Are you looking for something real in this world of illusions? Call me. Casual Flings need not apply. I am looking for Love.

But love is something that has to be as selfish as it is unselfish. You can't make yourself love someone because you feel like you should. Just wanting to love someone isn't enough.

I am a gym rat who loves to work out, particularly running, Zumba, yoga, cycling, and kickboxing.

I'm not asking for forever, Tamani said. Yet. I'm just asking for a moment.

Guess I've been reading too much fantasy.

No - the light in Tamani's eyes was much more than a reflection. It was the fire that melted her anger and devastated her resolve, every single time she saw it.

All I'm saying is that you shouldn't stay with him for the wrong reasons, even if they are noble ones. No one owes it to someone else to be their girlfriend. It's a choice you remake every day.

I just don't want to cozy up to the guy whose girl I have every intention of stealing.

Square root of a cosine? How is that ever going to be useful?

At the end of 'Illusions,' readers should see the inevitable coming.

May as well leave the door open.

The size of the seed does not determine the size of the tree.

If you can look yourself in the mirror at the end of each day, knowing that you did your best, or helped someone out, or took the high road and acted with integrity, then that is an awesome day!

Nobody special had come around to replace Duane, and she was moping, going to bed alone every night with a box of Velveeta and a fork.

Most higher education is devoted to affirming the traditions and origins of an existing elite and transmitting them to new members.

Sanity is sometimes a matter of going on, outwardly, as if everything is all right.

I don't like the celebrity gossip culture, and I certainly don't want to contribute to it. I don't care about the Kardashians, or any of them.

You can't give it to others if you don't have it in yourself.

Kristin Bauer is so funny. Half the time I'm working with her I'm just trying to keep a straight face.

Even people capable of living in the past don't really know what the future holds.

Now, again, what the center ground has got to do is to respond to people's genuine concerns and fears.