"I suppose," he said, his voice harsher than he had intended it to be, "you want marriage again." "No," she said quickly. "No, never that. Not again. Why would any woman willingly make herself the...

"Insults are only really effective," she said, "when the person insulted cares for the good opinion of the insulter."

It was hard to leave. But it was impossible to stay. He was leaving from choice because he was young and energetic and adventurous and had long wanted to carve a life of his own. He was going to new...

So be afraid. Be angry. Be jealous. Be possessive. Be whatever you need to be. But please, let me come along for the ride. I promise I will hang in there with you. I promise you that there is far, far...

The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God {or Satan} is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to...

In writing there are many secrets too. Nothing is ever lost no matter how it seems at the time and what is left out will always show and make the strength of what is left in.

But now he said his thoughts aloud many times since there was no one that they could annoy.

Augustin stood there looking down at him and cursed him speaking slowly clearly bitterly and contemptuously and cursing as steadily as though he were dumping manure on a field lifting it with a dung...

Finishing is what you have to do. If you don't finish, nothing is worth a damn

You should only read what is truly good or what is frankly bad.

You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you...

Myron showered and threw on a pair of sweats. His pants had blood on them. His own. He remembered that old Seinfeld routine about laundry detergent commercials that talk about getting out bloodstains,...

Back to these young criminals - They probably were not spanked as babies; they certainly were not flogged for their crimes.

All revelations are personal, that's why all revelations are suspect.

A man can face known danger. But the unknown frightens him. We

This book focuses on the attitudes and skills we need in order to let go of the past, embrace the new, cope with loss, and experience wisdom, authenticity, and bliss.

This bittersweet phenomenon of a successful event paired with no discernible political gain seemed to be a chronic problem for our group. However, we were experiencing a victory that could not be...

Mine to you. Yours to me. Bonded by blood, by spirit and by soul, we are one. No distance too far, no enemy too powerful, no sacrifice too great. I will always find you. I will always protect you. No...

Seven days until you're murder free! Nothing like jinxing me to add to the challenge

And one day a great thing happened. Dov Landau smiled again.

Anyone who goes into writing has to find out somewhere along the line, he's either naïve or insane.

Oh. Does Mississippi have some kind of grave - desecration statute? I know they differ from state to state.

For nothing is lost, nothing is ever lost. There is always the clue, the canceled check, the smear of lipstick, the footprint in the canna bed, the condom on the park path, the twitch in the old...

No one is useless who can pray, my sister.

So you drive as far as you can, even when you can clearly read the sign. You want to think you are exempt, that it doesn't apply to you. But it does. Life is still a dead end. And we still have a hard...

risk winding up pushing up grass in the Tinnicum Swamps out by the airport, if something went wrong.

As the staff car carrying Generals Almond and Howe started down the road beside the runway, McCoy paused long enough to wonder where they were going, then turned and motioned to Jeanette Priestly to...

it's easier finding a virgin in a whorehouse than an honest politician.

You must know the difference between an asset and a liability, and buy assets.

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