“Oh, if only I were young again, I would travel! There's so much of the world I would like to have seen. But I'm too old for that now and too ill to manage the trip. I don't care much for clothes. I'm giving away all my jewelry. At this point in my life, I see all possessions as just more stuff, , as Cara called it. Meaningless! Worse than meaningless. They are distractions.”

“Age is real life is short. It's foolhardy to deny it. We grow up, our bodies grow frail, death is coming. There's so much I want to do! There's a whole world out there I havent seen, ppl I havent met and who havent know me.God, there 're a million books I want to read. I dont want to sleep... I want to be awake.This is my life - I want to live it”

“Pride of one's work is not improper, unladylike, or vain. We can all take a lesson from the sea turtle. She does not travel thousands of miles or risk all for her ego. She has an instinct for greatness --- one that I believe is found in all living creatures. ”

“Luz felt as though all the millions of butterflies that were flying on this same journey south were fluttering in her stomach.”

“I hope somebody cares because I sure don't. I sure don't. Not anymore. I'm ashamed to go around my family. I'm too embarrassed to confide in my friends. Outside of work I don't have a life.”

“Sunflowers for Sarita is a fast-paced, high caliber romantic suspense. I couldn't stop reading!”

“Sully's brooding blue eyes sparked to life when they kissed, like his truck when he fired the engine.”