He's just like a stallion. Wild and kicking on the outside, but a heart soft as satin on the inside. Just waiting for the right girl to break him in.

He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand.

I bet it gets pretty lonely with only your ego for company.

The thing that scares me is that some part of me understands where they're coming from. They took everything from us, you know? Why shouldn’t we be able to take it back if we have the power to?

If you're going to knock down my suggestion, you'd better have one to replace it.

And people like you are the reason we have middle fingers.

I used to dream about turning back time, about reclaiming the things I'd lost and the person I used to be.

You get a good review, and it’s like crack. You need another hit. And another. And another. I know authors are like Tinkerbell and generally need applause to survive, but it’s a slippery slope.

—I don't want to lose you —Then why are you the one that keeps letting go?

The darkest minds never fade in the afterlight.

A moment later, Liam's bright blue eyes opened, and he was seeing me. He just wasn't seeing Ruby.

Didn't know where I was going. Didn't care where I ended up. I knew I'd be okay though.

Without the author there is nothing.

Growing up, I was never the kind of girl to dream about wedding dresses and pretty houses.

Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

Maurice has been a revelation, on and off the field.

America has been killing people on this continent since it was started. This country is not worth dying for.

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.

Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!

I think when you're 25 you're still finding yourself, and you should have the freedom of that.