Quotes from Brenda Novak

You ever want me to show you what it's like to have a man in your bed, you know where to find me.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

some small part of her had reacted to the passion inside him. Despite his role as a titled gentleman, there seemed to be a facet inside him that society could not tame, something stimulating yet dangerous, like standing at the edge of a cliff and feeling the mysterious, subtle pull to jump.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

hurt you, or you could hurt me—" "That's the risk with any relationship. People change. We can only judge by what we feel now.

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

We all do stupid stuff when we're hurting," she said and, probably because kissing him was all she could think about, lowered her mouth to his.

But I have plenty of experience with trying to meet everyone's expectations so they won't reject me. It's easy to become a slave to that - to lose yourself in it.

Courage is as contagious as fear.

Maybe being a big star isn't the only life that will make you happy. Maybe the joy isn't in the end result—in the success. Maybe it's in living, loving—and trying.

Respect is more important than anything else. Respect will create a foundation. But, just so you don't walk into something you aren't prepared for in the future, you need to be aware that he has his limits.

a reprieve like that "a tender mercy

I might die, Quinn, but my love for you never will.

Thanks for the advice, but it never pays to run from a bully. That would only endanger whoever I chose to stay with.

it gave him the confidence he needed to believe that maybe, just maybe, they had a right to be together. He'd never felt the way he was feeling at

Weak women get no respect.

You're so different—like a pretty rock that you almost step over because you assume it's the same as all the others. But then you pick it up and realize how lucky you are to have found it.

Macy enjoyed

In so many ways, she was the luckiest person in the world—someone who didn't have to worry about money, someone who lived in a beautiful, exclusive area others paid a fortune to visit, someone who cared about the library and felt a great sense of purpose—and yet...something was missing. Her life wasn't nearly as idyllic as others probably saw it.

She stripped off the leather coat she'd worn to bridge, and he hung it on an elaborate yet unique coat tree next to some built-in bookshelves that were so extensive his living room almost resembled a library—at least on that side. Ariana guessed he'd put them where the staircase used to be. The new staircase was made of wrought iron and was no longer against the wall. "I love your shelves," she said. "Thanks. I built them myself.

The first condition of human goodness is something to love; the second something to reverence." —George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans, English novelist, 1819–1880)

he was going to crash and burn, he might as well make it one hell of a conflagration.

Hiding from my history won't change who or what I am.

Love has no colour, love has no gender, it is found everywhere and anywhere, only when accepted.