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

... 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.

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

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

No man is happy who does not think himself so.

I can hear my steps echo as I follow him to the end of the hall. The door to the small closet under the steps is standing ajar. He closes the door and latches it.

At first it's pretty cool: the limitless fruit of knowledge hanging low in your path. Then you realize it's the only thing to eat around here.

Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.

I like crafts that are made out of necessity because they're a little naive - you made it because you needed it.

Lets talk to one another instead of about one another.

I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the compassionate mother or whatever.

Just real. I want to have the freedom to do whatever I want. And more importantly, I want to have the freedom to bring everyone else along with me.

Art doesn't come in measured quantities: it's got to be too much or it's not enough.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.