How ’bout you take this Cajun injector here, ” I say, gripping the steel rod in his shorts, “and give me a shot of protein instead.

I want to rip the rest of those buttons open and climb him like a monkey in a banana tree. Oh God, what I would do with his banana...

She’s not ready and maybe she never will be, but I won’t stop trying. I’ll be patient if it kills me. I can just see it now. Cooper Hebert died of blue balls and a broken heart.

Those ties...those ties are forever, and I never wanted to be connected to any other person so permanently. Forever was always meant for you and me, Spence.

My breath catches in my throat as a chill makes me shiver, leaving gooseflesh in its wake. My eyes latch on to his, pleading with him to kiss me.

My mouth crashes onto hers, and as our bodies sway in time to the music, our tongues dance to a rhythm that’s all their own. Spencer tastes of liquor and spearmint gum. She smells like heaven.

I’ll take stolen kisses and trysts in the cane fields for as long as I live over a life without you in it.

Reach out for, then embrace your heart consciousness.

The main obstacle to further progress on the resource curse is China, and to a lesser extent India.

I travel all the time. And as I go around the world, I try to learn a little something and not just take up all the available air.

Beloved, God has never failed to act but in goodness and love. When all means fail-his love prevails. Hold fast to your faith. Stand fast in his Word. There is no other hope in this world.

I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.

Passion is a decision about how we will approach life, before it becomes a feeling!

NASA has spin-offs, and it's a huge and very impressive list, including accurate and affordable LASIK eye surgery.

God gives us what we want. For people who want nothing to do with peace, joy, reconciliation and peace... God will give you what you want. I see people make unbelievably destructive choices.

I believe that in this generation those with the courage to enter the conflict will find themselves with companions in every corner of the world.

Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression ? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself.