You’re going to need more than an average kissing game to get with me, Cross.”“Nothin’ average about that kiss.”She sighed. “Don’t beg. It’s so unTexan.

Life without challenge    is life denied any chance      for one to achieve.

A moment can change the way you view the world, and the way you view the world will give you more moments.

Lush, detailed, total-immersion storytelling.–Kirkus Review

She slept the sleep of the just.

When people see a legend, they call it a legend. But to be a legend, it's a lot of hard work and patience. You can't play for five or ten years and be a legend. It takes longer than that.

Beauty fades, but cooking is eternal.

The Russian dramatist is one who, walking through a cemetery, does not see the flowers on the graves. The American dramatist . . . Does not see the graves under the flowers.

A rumor is like a check--never endorse it till you're sure it's genuine.

Dreams come a couple sizes too big so you can grow into them.

Nothing had changed. Nothing.