Quotes from JoAnn Ross

Life consists of two sides ... light and dark. Joy and sorrow. Without a balance, one cannot fully experience a full and well-rounded life.

you're never alone if you've got a book for company.

Because he was male, and to please himself, he took a slow, masculine appraisal: from the top of her head down to those unbelievably ugly black cop shoes. Then back up again. And really found himself really wishing she'd gotten doughnut-dumpy.

Sedona was thinking that watching a game when you already knew the final score must be a male thing

It's not easy being a mother. We raise our children, given them wings to leave the nest, but we have no control where they will fly off too.

Besides, although you could be living a party girl life, jetting around the world and hanging out on yachts, you work full-time at the college. You also volunteer at the library, you read to the seniors at Harbor Hill and you deliver food for Meals on Wheels." "I like to keep busy," Lily said mildly. "Plus, Gabriel is philanthropic. Sure, he expects to

The Hawaiians have gifted us with the lovely knowledge that when the breeze stirs in a wedding, as it's doing lightly at this very moment in this garden, it's the presence of their ohana, or family, who are physically absent but are surrounding the brides at this moment with their love, support and blessing.

Emma's lips drew together into a thoughtful

It's hard to modernize a country kept in physical or ideological isolation.

But all Austen's heroines are women who can change over time, to grow into what they're meant to be, and encourage their legion of readers to do the same.

Male-female relationships, as Jane Austen was always pointing out, could be very complicated.

Adèle Douchett

EVEN AS THEY resumed eating, memories and sexual awareness sparked between them, growing so palpable, it was like a physical force as strong and wild as the sea crashing against the cliff outside the windows.

Finally, he bent his head and brushed his mouth against hers. It was a light kiss, a feathering as soft as down, but enough to cause her eyes to drift closed as that familiar, shimmering warmth she'd never thought she'd ever feel again began to flow in her veins.

Human beings had been created with a free will that made them choose to be one of the good guys or one of the bad guys. These days, unfortunately, more and more people seemed to be taking the low road.

as he'd grumbled, punctuation counted. And when he was finished, although she wasn't entirely prepared to give in, she hadn't been able to deny that he had a point.

The rumors of my impending death have been greatly exaggerated," she paraphrased Mark Twain now.

having a lover doesn't necessarily mean having someone to love".

a concert at Albert Hall, immortalized by the Beatles in their Sergeant Pepper album.

Survival is something only the rich take lightly

A sated man cannot understand a starving one

weddings were just a screwup waiting to happen.

The people are more modest than Americans and Europeans. So much so that, as soon as I reached Kathmandu, I bought local clothes. Loose shirts and vests and baggy pants that gathered at the ankles and probably made me look like a giant genie.

he could make his little corner of the planet a bit better. Which was worth getting up in the morning.