You are the beautiful and elusive pinpoint of radiance that lit up the darkness and called me home.

Don't even think of arguing with me. I'm an old woman and if you fight me about it, it could give me a heart attack.

The only thing I'm afraid of losing... is you.

Dakota pulled a lollipop out of his pocket before quickly unwrapping it and popping it into his mouth. "What kind of vampire sucks on human candy?

Trixie murmured. "It's on like Donkey Kong.

Dakota started laughing. "You wouldn't have anything back there to help me tame a punk-rock wild child with a disdain for cowboys, would you?

Damn, girl. If I still breathed, I'd be suffocated by how much I want you.

Maddy pressed her fingers to her lips, a smile blooming there. The man could kiss like the devil. Hot, passionate, demanding. Holy hell. Ronan McGuire was a force of nature, and equally dangerous.

His father had been in the military and so had his grandfather. It was a natural fit when Ronan and his brothers each donned a uniform of some kind.

He tipped his head to Ronan and looked warily at Bowser. "Sir.""David, this is Ronan McGuire and his partner, Bowser, " Maddy said. "They're two of New York's finest.

She wanted him, but she didn't want to want him.

Sometimes it feels like even ifEvery inch of my skin was touching yoursI still wouldn’t be close enough to you.

A farmer is always going to be rich next year.

There are no 'ifs' in God's Kingdom. His timing is perfect. His will is our hiding place. Lord Jesus, keep me in Your will! Don't let me go mad by poking about outside it.

The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote: stink. Stank. Stunk.

We speak much of God, can talk of him, his ways, his works, his counsels, all the day long; the truth is, we know very little of him.

Somehow life doesn't always pay off to those who are most insistent.

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.

It is not 'only' food, I said heatedly. There's meaning hidden underneath each dish.

When our assists lead to baskets, that's us playing our best, and we begin knocking down shots.