When she reached the shallow end, Kingsley held out his hand and pulled her up, but she lost her step and fell into his arms, her body crushing momentarily against his.

It's always good to be underestimated.

It was so nice just to live in the moment, to enjoy holding him so closely, to pretend for a little while that they were merely two young people in love and nothing else.

A bad boy can be very good for a girl.

Dude you scare me sometimes! You're all vampire superwoman

The more things change, the more they stay different.

He was like a shooting star you tried to catch with your hands. She would only get burned.

Because love was not the answer to every question. Because real love meant sacrifice. Sometimes love means letting go.

You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.

Tonight the world is yours, as am I.

Had pretended to be Abbadon of the Dark, when always he had been working for the Light.

A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.

Sensitive people either love deeply or they regret deeply. There really is no middle ground because they live in passionate extremes.

Live a life of faith, hope and love.

I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay rather than the novel.

We never choose anything at all. Things happen. Or not.

The most savage people are also the ugliest.

Go find something that you haven't done before. Don't do the same thing over and over again.

I sometimes get tired because I can seldom read a book for pleasure. I'm like the play reviewer who happens to go to a play on an off day and can't help but view it critically.

I've made mistakes but the beauty of life is that each regret builds character and makes us a better person

Humor springs from rage, hay fever, overdue rent and miscellaneous hell.