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“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”
― Stephen Hawking

“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.”
― Gilles Deleuze, A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia

“I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.”
― Colette

“I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge purpose. I think we shrink from the immensity of the purpose we are here for.”
― Norman Mailer

“Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.”
― Langston Hughes

“Sammantha: Tucker?
Tucker: Does some other man call at this hour just to hear your voice? If so, give me his name, and I'll kill him.”
― Catherine Anderson, Sun Kissed

“And if you ever - and I do mean ever - try to leave me, I’m goin’ with you.”
― Catherine Anderson, Cherish: A Passionate Western Romance Where a Reformed Gunslinger and an Innocent Survivor Discover Love and Redemption

“Well? I've had a great birthday so far. Are you going to make it the most memorable one of my life by telling me you love me back?"
~Isaiah Coulter”
― Catherine Anderson, My Sunshine

“Falling in love doesn't always lead to heartbreak, honey. With the right man, it can be a one-way ticket to paradise.”
― Catherine Anderson, Phantom Waltz

“[...] He didn't want his wife to read historical romances because it might give her unrealistic expectations. [...] If I had been him, I would have been reading your books every time you laid them down to see how I could improve my skills and please you. Second warning of the night. I bought a couple."
You bought a couple of what?"
Historical romances. I'm three-quarters through the first one." He flashed her a slow grin. "All I can say is, I like the way your mind works."
~Jake Coulter and Molly Wells”
― Catherine Anderson, Sweet Nothings

“Parker: When can you start?
Rainie: I can start tomorrow if you'd like. My schedule is pretty much open. All I have to keep me at home is Thomas.
Parker: Ah. It figures that there'd be a man in the picture. You're too lovely to be unattached.
Rainie: Thomas is a cat.”
― Catherine Anderson, Star Bright

“Do you think courage means being fearless? Or daring? Courage, real courage, is taking three steps when it terrifies you.”
― Catherine Anderson, Comanche Heart

“I think I fell in love with you the first time I saw you, Molly mine. And when I look at you, that’s all I’m ever going to see, the woman I love. It doesn’t matter if you’re perfect. To me, you will be, and that’s all that counts. It’ll be that way always. Even years from now, when you’re old and withered, I’ll see you with my heart, not my eyes. That’s just the way it is when you love someone. The imperfections don’t exist. If you see them at all, you think they’re beautiful.”
― Catherine Anderson, Sweet Nothings

“Ask me to cut off my right arm for you, and I'll do it. Ask me to lay down my life for you, and I'll do it. But Please don't ask me to give you up now that I've found you again. Don't ask that, Amy”
― catherine anderson, Comanche Heart

“When you've been hurt, you don't make excuses for the jerk who hurt you. That's his mama's job.”
― Catherine Anderson, Phantom Waltz

“That's an L, as in love, and I love you more than I'll ever be able to tell you with words. I want to tell you in other ways. In the way I kiss you. In the way I touch you. In the way I hold you. Won't you let me say it my way, just once? - Swift to Amy”
― Catherine Anderson, Comanche Heart

“I strike fear into you because I am a man?"
"It isn't funny."
"I do not laugh. It is a sad thing, yes, that your husband is a man. A very terrible thing.”
― Catherine Anderson, Comanche Moon

“What was she thinking? Tarnished Silver? Brother. He probably practiced that smoldering look in the mirror so all women within a mile would fall over like nine pins when he smiled. Well, count her out. He was mouthwatering to look at, but so was cheesecake, and cheesecake was a heck of a lot safer.”
― Catherine Anderson, Phantom Waltz

“A ghost from her past, part of a world to which she no longer belonged but had never stopped missing.”
― Catherine Anderson, Summer Breeze

“When God saw fit to bestow such a gift, a man with any sense didn’t ask questions.”
― Catherine Anderson, Annie's Song

“her stories make you believe in the power
of love”
― Catherine Anderson, Morning Light

“Put your arms around my neck, sweetheart."
"Whatever for?"
He grasped her wrists and lifted her arms himself. "Because," he whispered, "we're going to dance."

.....

"This will never work. I appreciate the thought. It's very sweet, but-"
"Shut up," he whispered.
The first notes of the next number drifted to them, and she realized it was the band's rendition of Montgomery's hit song, "I swear." Tears sprang to her eyes, for the instant she recognized the tune, she knew Ryan had requested it.
"Dance with me," he whispered.
"I feel foolish."
"Who'll see? Only me, and I'm our best bud, so I don't count. Besides, why should you feel foolish?"
"My legs are dangling. My feet will thump your shins."
"Those soft slippers won't hurt my shins," he assured her.

And with that, he swept her into a waltz.

-Ryan and Bethany (Phantom Waltz)”
― Catherine Anderson, Phantom Waltz

“Oh, yes, how remiss of me. I forgot that you can have an entire herd of wives.”
― Catherine Anderson, Comanche Moon

“The sadness in your heart is a yesterday you can no longer see, so put it behind you and walk always forward.

Swift Antelope to Amy”
― Catherine Anderson, Comanche Heart

“No one could work forward without falling if they continually looked at the path behind them.”
― Catherine Anderson, Comanche Magic

“A man whose yesterdays rest on his horizon travels forward into his past. The result is that he goes a very long way to nowhere.”
― Catherine Anderson, Comanche Heart

“When your head tells you one thing and your heart another, listen to your heart. It tells no lies.”
― Catherine Anderson, Comanche Magic

“A man cannot own a woman, cousin. He can only... He can only love her.”
― Catherine Anderson, Comanche Moon

“I’m all mixed up inside. It’s like—I don’t know—like an ignition of some kind. one minute, I’m fine, and the next I’m losing it.”
― Catherine Anderson, Sweet Nothings

“I'm not quite in the grave yet, darling. I just have my reservation confirmed.”
― Catherine Anderson, Seventh Heaven