Cmkage

“You do keep busy.” “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop.” “Why? They’re idle when you’re sleeping—does he set up shop then? Are we all supposed to stay awake using our hands so the devil doesn’t make stuff? What if you broke your hand? Is he doing his workshop thing while you’re waiting to have it fixed?” Roarke contemplated the pale gold ceiling. “Such a simple, if moralistic, phrase now thoroughly destroyed.” “I keep busy, too.”
― J.D. Robb, Brotherhood in Death

“The most important step a man can take. It's not the first one, is it?
It's the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

“He’s a fine young man, and one who loves you without restrictions. Finding a mate, a true one, is a rare and precious thing.” And the heart of the heart, she thought. Yes, he’d found that, too. “I don’t even know how it happened, but even when he pisses me off, I’m grateful every day it did.” “The best possible description for a good marriage.”
― J.D. Robb, Brotherhood in Death

“She stuffed in more waffles, and thought if every day started off with sex and waffles, people would maybe be less inclined to kill each other.”
― J.D. Robb, Brotherhood in Death