“Only one hour in the normal day is more pleasurable than the hour spent in bed with a book before going to sleep, and that is the hour spent in bed with a book after being called in the morning.”

“At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.”

“You’re staring at my ass.”“Yes, I am.” It’s what he did in the mornings, when she woke up and spent the first hour lying around in bed.”

“Oh, the time we spent alone The hours wishing we could have it back again Lie in bed awake wishing for each other”

“In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it.”

“An hour spent reading is one stolen from paradise.”

“Not an hour is lost that is spent in the saddle.”