I would make a HORRIBLE outlaw. I can plan the crime perfectly, but I'd also need to plan the outcomes to make it work.

Without love, life was nothing but endless tasks and battles.

Ya were going to turn me into a rat? Had I known that I wouldn’t have tried to turn ya into a snake.

Do not pay attention to my cousins. Every family needs a couple idiots and we keep them around for entertainment.

A stóirín, ya are a handful of trouble, but I kind of like it.

He kissed the corner of her lips before whispering by her ear, “And that was just my hand, love.

He’s not wearing…” Charlotte began.“I know. He doesn’t, ” Lydia answered.

I think people need hope when times are tough. I think they also need escape and adventure and fantasy. Books are like cheap mini vacations.

I wish life were a fiction novel. Then everyone would have to do what I say.

Confession: I don't want to be one of my characters. I'm mean to them sometimes. Really mean.

As an author I'm in my head all day and I worry that I lose touch with reality. But then my dog pees on my shoe and I know I've found it again.

His body felt so good that she didn't care if she ever came up for air. She wanted this kiss to last forever.

Memories help make us who we are.(Taken from novel...A Very English Affair)

Life is hard. Find some really good people to walk through it with. It makes things a little easier.

I heard the bells on Christmas DayTheir old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweetThe words repeatOf peace on earth, good-will to men!

I realize that I can laugh, that it is possible to be happy, that laughter and hope can come back to me.

The toughest thing about being a housewife is you have no place to stay home from.

I've found that if you wear a beret, people think you're either a cabdriver or a producer of dirty movies.

It's not one of Bruno's fastest wins... but it's one of them.

Usually, when you look around the world, people are killing each other, fighting over scarce resources.

To help break the cycle of domestic violence, we must allow survivors to take time off from work without fear of losing their job, to go to court, to see a doctor or to find a safe place to live.