The dream came again—three times in three nights and always at the first of the year.

... You make me feel as if I am a bird soaring in the sky. When you are not with me, I am bound to the ground." He touched her soft cheek. "I want you to marry me, Ruby. Will you?

He gave a nod. "My future lies in your hands." "Not your future, Gerard, but the path leading to it, " she suggested.

It was quite apparent that he'd been bestowed all the charms of any handsomely clad rake. A demeanor to match, Ruby thought.

He gave a nod. "My future lies in your hands." "Not your future, Gerard, but the path leading to it, " she suggested

He rolled his neck, as if to relieve the stress of his shoulders. "Your body is encased in a strong spell. It will not open up to me, " he said in frustration. "Who guards you?

To be your companion.""Companion?" He said the word as if he were spitting a bad taste from his mouth. "I am a killer. A monster! Can you not see that?

The boy continued with a desperate note. "You may have saved my life, but it is not my life any longer, it is yours.

There he was, her confidant—strong, solid, and unbending.

Cupid had struck his heart to the core but had forgotten to put even a mere scratch on his beloved's.

The best way to predict your success is to work for it.

I don't want to drain what little energy I have on hate, on envy, on blame. I'll need every last drop to better myself, so I can make what little impact I can in this world.

Some of us are so terribly broken.

Be praised, my Lord, through those who forgive for love of you; through those who endure sickness and trial.

A deliberate rejection of duty prescribed by already recognized truth cannot but destroy, or at least impair most seriously the clearness of our mental vision.

I'm fortunate in that I don't think I've ever fallen in love with somebody who hasn't fallen in love with me. I actually think it's quite rare that that happens, in a true way.

Advertising shouldn't be like medicine. It should be like candy.

I am marked like a road map from head to toe with my repressions. You can travel the length and breadth of my body over superhighways of shame and inhibition and fear.

The very act of observing disturbs the system.

You are born and then you die, but in between you can do anything you want. It's society that creates rules for us, but you can break out of that.