Where did you grow up?" He wiggled his eyebrows at her. "Who says I've grown up?

Nothing woke up a man as quickly in the morning as a scorpion in his pants.

No matter what her father wanted, no way was Clara going to partner up with Light Walker. He'd suggested a tarantula for a snack, for heaven's sake. The were never, ever, ever going to work together.

She had the soft presence of a fish hook in the eye.

Ah, you're warming up to me. You know what comes next." "Bitter disappointment?" she deadpanned.

What anger wants, it buys at the price of soul.

I can't find the words." She stared daggers at him. "Don't hurt yourself trying.

You're not horribly terrible." He shook his head at her. "You say the nicest things." He held her gaze for a moment. "You're not trying to get into my pants, are you?

His voice still had the rasp of desire as he asked, "If I disappear, will you come and find me?

I hope we'll be friends." His grin was pure sin.... She stuck with the truth. "I hope we won't be enemies.

She wasn't entirely sure if she was being rescued or kidnapped.

It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.

We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an acquired one.

Sometimes, I wish we were all amateurs again. I'd play for nothing. Ab-so-lute-ly free. But that's not the system.

Potential just means you ain't done it yet.

I was very sickly as a kid and had a lot of allergies, so martial arts gave me the chance to feel strong.

Painting is marvelous; it makes you happier and more patient. Afterwards you do not have black fingers as with writing, but blue and red ones.

The more wants we have, the further we are from God, and the nearer we approach him, the better can we dispense with everything that is not Himself.

The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them.

My message is use grass-fed beef, use heirloom pork varieties, use organic chickens, wait until wild salmon or wild seafood are in season, smoke organic vegetables.