He was struck dumb at the words though he should not be surprised; his wife kept him in a perpetual state of speechlessness.

I had a perfect life in my reach once, and it was a crashing bore. Perfect is too clean, too easy. I don't want perfect any more than I want to be perfect. I want imperfect.

If I am an empress, he is the only man worthy of being my emperor.

You should see what she’s wearing, Callie. It’s velvet. Canary yellow velvet. Turban to match. She looks like a furry banana.

He called me a pie!” she announced, defensively. There was a pause. “Wait. That’s not right.” “A tart?” “Yes! That’s it!

Colleen McCullough taught me that desire is the heart of romance.

Temptation turns you. It makes you into something you never dreamed, it presses you to give up everything you ever loved, it calls you to sell your soul for one, fleeting moment.

I've loved him for a decade. And I had him for one day before I made a complete and utter mess of things. Or he did. I'm still not sure about that.

We are a motley bunch. But we more than make up for it with tenacity." ~ Ralston to Simon

But she had dreamed of being his for too long. He had quite ruined her for a marriage of convenience. She wanted everything from him: his mind, his body, his name and, most of all, his heart.

Men are not nearly as evolved as women are, nor as intelligent, evidently

If this were an indie movie, we'd start talking about the constellations, " Solomon said, looking up at the stars.

The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would notice.

The night before the Olympics opening ceremony, my son, who is eight years old, gets very excited and likes to put out a plate of cookies and some milk for Bob Costas.

First and foremost one, I was never planning on doing this as a long term, so Spooky, I was in college... It was a fun name. I thought it was you know just a fun thing

I very much support financial education in schools.

All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps

I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.

There is a very prevalent tenet with youth, that good company is every thing desirable, and that bad is even better than none.

Don't be a Pollyanna!

A good wife must be strong enough to pull a plough and have a very erotic physique.