I’m not going anywhere until you hear me out.”Oh, please no. Anything except having to listen to her lecture. I push the button that calls the

But wishes are only granted in fairy tales.

One of the things that makes me who I am is the loyalty I have to people I hold close to my heart.

You are the one girl that made me risk eveything for a future worth having.

I want to try making things right because picking up the pieces is way better than leaving them the way they are.

Thoughts of being a pirate and stealing her away to my ship race across my mind. Although I’m not a pirate, and she’s not my captured princess.

I'm ready for something private, private and real

Makin' mistakes ain't a crime, you know. What's the use of having a reputation if you can't ruin it every now and then?

When she wraps her arms around my neck, all I want to do is protect this girl for the rest of my life.

I realise it’s going to happen. This girl of my dreams, this girl who is more like me than anyone I’ve ever met, wants to kiss me.

The urge to jump into his arms and feel the warmth of them surrounding me is so powerful, I wonder if it's medically possible to be addicted to another human being.

Ah, Lord God be merciful to us all!

You better get used to touchy-feely around here, sweetie

Brother Cadfael knew better than to be in a hurry, where souls were concerned. There was plenty of elbow-room in eternity.

The Law of Chaos: Any activity or event that seems to lie beyond the boundaries of possibility will usually be the first thing to occur.

All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial.

I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape.

Teaching high school was my real training as a novelist: it got me out of my head, and (at least a little) out of books, and invested me in the lives of others and the world around me.

I don't need to break the speed limit. But if I'm not passing other vehicles on the interstate, I get a little irritated.

I feel like if you can describe something fully and accurately, then people will be able to see it themselves - they don't need be told what to.

You and I are not what we eat; we are what we think.