“I'm sixty-nine years old, and I have no plans to run for reelection. Do you think I give a damn?”

“Lightening falls, all you can do is- pray God that it doesn't fall on you.”

“Do you think he would?""I think he'd give his left nut to get in your pants.""Very nice," I told him. "So elegantly put."Dan laughed and leaned forward to nuzzle my neck again. "Yes, Elle, I think Jack would love to fuck you.”

“As a wee two hundred-year-old, I decided the south of England was much to my liking. A wee bit warmer and I prefer barbecuing my English sheep.”

“We can all live with doubts. It's the knowing that breaks us.Iron House”

“Our questions, which began politely, were politely ignored.”

“Then she turned for the great mouth of a door, and by the time it inhaled her, she was a much older woman.”