She was all he wanted. He would give everything for her. Without thought. Without regret.

I had a perfect life in my reach once, and it was a crashing bore. Perfect is too clean, too easy. I don't want perfect any more than I want to be perfect. I want imperfect.

If I am an empress, he is the only man worthy of being my emperor.

You should see what she’s wearing, Callie. It’s velvet. Canary yellow velvet. Turban to match. She looks like a furry banana.

He called me a pie!” she announced, defensively. There was a pause. “Wait. That’s not right.” “A tart?” “Yes! That’s it!

Colleen McCullough taught me that desire is the heart of romance.

Temptation turns you. It makes you into something you never dreamed, it presses you to give up everything you ever loved, it calls you to sell your soul for one, fleeting moment.

I've loved him for a decade. And I had him for one day before I made a complete and utter mess of things. Or he did. I'm still not sure about that.

We are a motley bunch. But we more than make up for it with tenacity." ~ Ralston to Simon

But she had dreamed of being his for too long. He had quite ruined her for a marriage of convenience. She wanted everything from him: his mind, his body, his name and, most of all, his heart.

Men are not nearly as evolved as women are, nor as intelligent, evidently

It is not so much about what life hands you, but what you do with what you get.

There is no greater achievement than being a grandfather who tells fairy tales to grandchildren.

"The time has come " the Walrus said "To talk of many things Of shoes - and ships - and sealing-wax - Of cabbages - and kings - And why the sea is boiling hot - And whether pigs have wings."

Educate a man and you educate an individual. Educate a woman and you educate a family.

Collaborate, don't dictate.

Reducing health costs and increasing access to health care are worthy goals that every Member of Congress should support.

When I see a barrier, I cry and I curse, and then I get a ladder and climb over it.

I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character.

Electronic music is really weird right, because it is bleeding into the mainstream, but, at the same time, it's fashion.

Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table.