I put on a show of confidence as often as I could, but inside, I was a befuddled mess. I secretly wished my mother would live forever. - Merrick Delmar

I'd rather be authentic than true.

There was all the world and his wife.

some kinds of beauty did not heal, but hollowed the pain even deeper.

But mad people never die. That's a well-known fact. They've nothing to trouble them, and they live for ever.

I think the world of politics is pretty sleazy.

Wealthier is healthier.

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission.

With his eyes and those hands there won't be a woman safe in all the world when he starts hunting after the ladies.' 'Courting, dear,' my father corrected gently. 'Semantics,' she shrugged.

Believe me, if a man doesn't know death, he doesn't know life.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.