Do you think me horselike, my lord?" Realizing the threat to his personage, Blackmoor wiped the smile from his face and replied, "Not at all. I said I think you charming." "A fine start.

I had a perfect life in my reach once, and it was a crashing bore. Perfect is too clean, too easy. I don't want perfect any more than I want to be perfect. I want imperfect.

If I am an empress, he is the only man worthy of being my emperor.

You should see what she’s wearing, Callie. It’s velvet. Canary yellow velvet. Turban to match. She looks like a furry banana.

He called me a pie!” she announced, defensively. There was a pause. “Wait. That’s not right.” “A tart?” “Yes! That’s it!

Colleen McCullough taught me that desire is the heart of romance.

Temptation turns you. It makes you into something you never dreamed, it presses you to give up everything you ever loved, it calls you to sell your soul for one, fleeting moment.

I've loved him for a decade. And I had him for one day before I made a complete and utter mess of things. Or he did. I'm still not sure about that.

We are a motley bunch. But we more than make up for it with tenacity." ~ Ralston to Simon

But she had dreamed of being his for too long. He had quite ruined her for a marriage of convenience. She wanted everything from him: his mind, his body, his name and, most of all, his heart.

Men are not nearly as evolved as women are, nor as intelligent, evidently

Understanding your strengths and weaknesses is an unending process of self-discovery and creative evolution. Real success depends on being true to what fascinates you.

I am filling my life with an abundance of love every day and in every way so that I can give it away.

I want to make pop cool again, and the only way I can do that is by being ambitious and grand.

In a machine, every part has a function. In a poem, every word needs to be there.

I was really excited to try 3D and play with it really, again, experiment formally with that extra dimension.

In the land of genius, the sun always shines; in the land of clever, there are many clouds!

Failing to hold someone accountable is ultimately an act of selfishness.

Flu vaccine is far and away the most underutilized.

Life isn't just about what you can have; it's about what you have to give, what kind of person do you want to be?

I think what's really hard is making sense and making what you write clear and smooth-flowing.