...the pain of the constant, bone-chilling loneliness she'd accustomed herself to. And learned to live with it.

Fate Marches on, demanding we find our destinies

Grumpy is her favorite dwarf.

Everyone thinks you're so strong and self-confident, but inside you're a frightened child, waiting to suffer betrayal again from those who should love you most.

...the haunted always take refuge in stillness.

Great minds think alike-especially when they are female.

I want to talk to you. I want to listen to you. I want to walk with you and, yes, I want you in m bed. That's what I want today. That's what I'll want in a hundred years. If you promise to be my wife forever, I will pledge myself to your happiness.

You and me-we've whored together. We've fought together.And I still dunna understand how ye always seems to know where the money is hidden and the liquor is stored and the scandals are richest.' It's a gift.

Because I want every breath you take to be empty unless you're close enough to smell me. Every word you speak to be unimportant unless it's to me. Every sound you hear empty unless it's my voice. I want you to remember that whatever pleasure you have from now on, you'll have it from me. ~Rurik Wilder~

I do care about real life. It's just not as interesting as what's in my books.

I intend to marry Michael, and squander all his money and run his life, and make sure he never again consorts with wicked women or gambles with licentious men. I promise I will henpeck him until he has no life beyond what I allow him, and when we die, I will lie in his arms through all eternity.

If our legal counsel, Bob Rutherford, works for Satan, Satan should buy Bob a better toupee.

Don't just aim high, reach it and grab some happiness along the way.

Only those who row the boat make waves