“If God built me a ladder to heaven, I would climb it and elbow drop the world”

“A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment. Not only that, but there's no guarantee that you will enjoy it, or that it will have a happy ending. Kind of like going out with a girl, having to spend time every day with her - with absolutely no guarantee of nailing her in the end. No thanks.”

“Only to be HIT by the minivan!!”

“If others think I am nuts, naive, gullible, and not living in the real world, that's all right, too... I'll gladly stay in what some have called my fictitious world, my happy and peaceful world, a world full of signs of hope. ”

“I’ve been wanting to do this all night. Give me those luscious—” He ripped the front of her bodiceopen, freed her breasts, and buried his face between them. “Mmmm. God, I could devour you,” hemoaned as his hot, wet mouth captured her nipple.Bel gasped then let out a low, breathless laugh of delirious pleasure.”

“It was her street, her neighborhood, her life. She knew that someday in the future it would not be hers anymore. But she would remember it, she would treasure it, she would miss it. She would hold it in her heart. She knew that someday she would look back at this very moment and miss it....Never had life seemed more beautiful and more sad.”

“An I'll never forget the smile on my facecos I knew where you would beAn if you're in the Crown tonightHave a drink on meBut go easy...step lightly...stay free-- "Stay Free”