Gideon was an untamed animal behind closed doors, a lover who bared me to the soul every time he made love to me.

If souls could be mated with wishes, ours would be inextricably entwined.

Oh, Eva." He rubbed his cheek against my damp face. "I must've wished for you so hard and so often you had no choice but to come true.

As a writer, it's disheartening to write books that you pour your soul into and not have them distributed widely enough to find their audience.

Day One of my life was the day I met you.

Angel, a crowd of millions couldn’t hide you from me. I found you once. I’ll always find you.

Romance isn't in my repertoire, Eva. But a thousand ways to make you come are. Let me show you.

People get over love. They can live without it, they can move on. Love can be lost and found again. But that won't happen for me. I won't survive you, Eva.

I want you too much. I want you with me, in my life, in my bed. If i can have that, nothing else matters.

You’re the greatest risk I’ve ever taken.” His pressed his lips gently to mine. “And the greatest reward.

I can't go long without you either, Eva. You're an addiction...my obsession.

-Waiting Time is time of preparation, planning pruning before time of manifestation (time of showing forth)

Grief lets you indulge in it, so that it can feed itself.

No matter what we have heard or read about a country, it is our own feeling that counts.

The problem we have in the world is that most people don’t take the time to develop themselves, even though they’ll readily spend that time on many useless and irrelevant things.

God is that inner presence which makes us admire the beautiful and consoles us for not sharing the happiness of the wicked.

There was no doubt about it: if you wanted to succeed you had to go away. You could do nothing in Dublin.

How are you managing the velocity of change?

As compromised as their marriage might be, part of her still believed in her vows. She loved the man he'd been, and she loved the man she knew he could be.

I drifted into photography like one drifts into prostitution. First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please my friends, and eventually I did it for the money.

We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body.