It was a kingdom of dreams — a place where things would be just the way I wanted them to be.

How foolish to yearn to ask the very person who'd caused the pain to heal it

The groom always smiles proudly because he's convinced he's accomplished something quite wonderful. The bride smiles because she's been able to convince him of it.

After all, it's not every day a woman is given a kingdom of dreams.

Jennifer Merrick had stored all her tears inside her, and her pride and courage would never permit her to break down and shed them.

But he knew instinctively what he suggested was impossible. She'd been through so much, and held her tears back for so long, that Royce doubted that anything could force her to shed them.

An answering smile drifted across his tanned face. "What is mine, I intend tokeep.

Whoever submits himself to a super-discipline can expect great triumphs.

What's more, he was going to have a full American breakfast with bacon and eggs, none of this continental bullshit.

Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!

I think that white people were, no question, the creators of what we call white America.

Vegans and vegetarians are commonly baited by nonvegetarians with "what if" scenarios that typically have no relevance to or bearing on most people's real-life situations.

Happiness isn't something that happens to you. It is what you yourself do and determine upon.

I am passionate. I am political about my country, about what it is, how strong it is, how strong it remains.

When you're not confident as a young woman in saying "no" or even saying "yes" necessarily, you don't know which one you're more afraid of in some way. That happens a lot.

People assume that 'The Expendables' is old school, but it's only old school because that's the way I know how to make an action film. It's pretty real.

I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld. I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers.