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

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.

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

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?

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.

Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own orthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.

Flirting and foreplay came easy to Erica. Before she’d turned twenty, Erato awakened inside her. Erato was the Greek Muse of Lyrics… and Erotic Poetry. She had a gift for inspiring passion.

I wonder if he’d been as beautiful as Dante. And I wondered why I thought that.

Always turn and face the attack.

I don't believe in proving a point to anybody. Nobody is that important.

The way the Americans behaved created among the South Vietnamese a lot of habits, a lot of bad habits I would say.

Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others. Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving. So learn to love and give, and not to expect anything from others.

Brighten someone's by adding a spoon full of kindness.

Have you never thought how danger must surround power as shadow does light?