Annette

“Let's understand each other," she began.
"Oh, by all means."
Now she did suck in a breath. "Don't start that with me. By all means, my butt. Makes you sound like some sort of snotty blue blood, and we both know you grew up scrambling for marks in Dublin alleys."
Now he grinned. "See, we already understand each other. You don't mind if I get comfortable before the lecture, do you?" He sat again, took out a cigarette, lighted it, then picked up his brandy while she smoldered.
"Are you trying to irritate me?"
"Not very hard, but it rarely takes true effort.”
― J.D. Robb, Loyalty in Death

“I know you love me, but I don't know why. I look at you, and I just can't get why it's me. Every time I get my balance, I lose it again. Because it shouldn't be me, and I think it'd kill me if you ever figured that out.”
― J.D. Robb, Loyalty in Death

“Handle your present with confidence. Face your future without fear.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Ghosts

“The amount of insight to be gained from reading novels is tremendous.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart