He gave a nod. "My future lies in your hands." "Not your future, Gerard, but the path leading to it, " she suggested.

... You make me feel as if I am a bird soaring in the sky. When you are not with me, I am bound to the ground." He touched her soft cheek. "I want you to marry me, Ruby. Will you?

It was quite apparent that he'd been bestowed all the charms of any handsomely clad rake. A demeanor to match, Ruby thought.

He gave a nod. "My future lies in your hands." "Not your future, Gerard, but the path leading to it, " she suggested

He rolled his neck, as if to relieve the stress of his shoulders. "Your body is encased in a strong spell. It will not open up to me, " he said in frustration. "Who guards you?

To be your companion.""Companion?" He said the word as if he were spitting a bad taste from his mouth. "I am a killer. A monster! Can you not see that?

The boy continued with a desperate note. "You may have saved my life, but it is not my life any longer, it is yours.

There he was, her confidant—strong, solid, and unbending.

The dream came again—three times in three nights and always at the first of the year.

Cupid had struck his heart to the core but had forgotten to put even a mere scratch on his beloved's.

She wrote love with her smile and magic with her eyes.

You are entitled to wonder and to doubt - you're free.

I'm sorry about the screaming. I thought you were him.

I’m sorry that I don’t like your tattoos.”I walked away. I walked back to him. “I mean that I don’t like tattoos, not just your tattoos. I like your skin, though.”I walked away.

I also had to work through the violation of my date rape, my unhealthy relationships with men, my anger toward the people involved in the scandal, and those who exploited me afterwards.

When you are frustrated and do not know a way out, only flexibility and moderation towards difficulties will save you.

Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: the one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures it.

If you copy then it is not self-expression.

I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.

It is not through judgment that the good in people can be reached, but through love and faith.