Quotes from Carolyn Brown

Women can be strong, Colum. Very strong when they have to be or when they're forced to be. On the outside we are like little rose petals, all soft and sweet, but on the inside we're often made of something a lot tougher because we have to be

Deceived wives could purchase a gun, take lessons, and receive a cheating-husband hunting license complete with a big red A label to tie to the man's zipper after the kill. Open season could be scheduled months in advance to give the husbands a fighting chance. They could hide in refuges or stay home and take their chances at being shot through the living room window as they watched Monday Night Football.

Darlin', old don't mean dead.

Getting close to a woman, no matter if it's real or not, can backfire.

With cold hands he massaged her right foot, his fingertips digging into all the right places to make her groan. Feel good? he asked. You can't imagine. You have until midnight to stop. He chuckled. Why midnight? Because from then until daylight you can work on the other foot.

For me, food cures everything. Depression. Boredom. Anger. Chocolate cake can take care of ingrown toenails, and potato chips can eradicate acne.

Don't suppose you'd want to stay long enough to scrub my back for me, would you? Lizzy might have had a wonderful experience when she rose up from the bathwater, but it damn sure hadn't set her free enough to do what Toby asked. She shook her head and smiled. This is not a real relationship, darlin'. I'd be willin' to turn it into a real one for a good woman to give me a bath. His eyes glittered.

Dating and getting to really know a woman is a different game. Kind of like the difference in Monopoly and Texas Hold 'Em.

And where are you going tonight? Katy asked. Cinderella and I are going to the ball. If she loses a glass slipper, I will bring it by tomorrow. He smiled.

You like legs? she asked. On you, yes. On a chicken, I prefer wings and breasts. She picked up both legs with her fingers. Then we are going to get along just fine.

A match made in heaven? He chuckled. Probably not in heaven but right now you can take me there and we'll check it out. She smiled.

Oh. My. God. he murmured as it all ended in a crescendo complete with beautiful sparks and all the bells and whistles of fantastic makeup sex. Five full minutes later he propped up on a an elbow and kissed the tip of her nose. Can we fight again tomorrow? She smiled up at him. I was thinking of starting an argument right now.

His heart found something that it doesn't want to live without, he whispered.

You know what they say about angels? she asked. That they have wings and a halo? No, that they are just wild women who've had the hell screwed out of them, she said with another giggle.

Oh, hush! You've already said you aren't the settling type. You can't have wings and roots both, cowboy.

Will you go on a date with me Friday night? A real date, not a pretend one? I'll probably be so clumsy that you won't go out with me a second time, but please say yes.

It's her privilege to say or think whatever she wants. It's mine to ignore her.

I can't help it when I'm around you. You don't have any idea how beautiful you are or how you affect a man, do you, darlin'?

I think, and this is my opinion only, that there are many ways of marital death. God did not intend for a husband to mistreat his wife or for him to be lord and master over her.

Whoever said you had to share DNA with a person for them to be family had rocks for brains [...]

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Living and getting to know folks' hearts, that's what matters." "He's not only handsome

and someday have someone to hold my hand when I'm taking my last breath and tell me to walk slowly because it won't be long until they're following me. I want all

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