Quotes from Lori Wilde

It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, but if one more person said that to her, Jodi swore she was going to lose it.

Tall, dark, and handsome, well built, easily topping six feet. Gorgeous. A bone-melting smile. Pearly whites. But of course he had perfect teeth. Oh crap. She was a sucker for tall, dark, and dashing.

As enduring as the ocean waves, unconditional love was the cornerstone of transformation.

Scientifically speaking," Quinn said, "the northern lights are electrical discharges resulting from the interaction between wind and the earth's magnetic field." "Oh." "But the Native Alaskans believe the lights were torches carried by old souls to guide the new souls into the next world.

In that moment, the possibly deceased naked cowboy was the cherry on top of the dung cake that was her life.

Baseball breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. —A. BARTLETT GIAMATTI

When you love someone, they never die," Delia said. "They're always with you in your heart no matter what. Just as your parents live on in you, Natalie.

Love didn't cause grief but healed it. She

rule of four when it came to gift giving—something you want and something you need, something to wear and something to read.

Fixing things, ticking off items on a checklist, boosted Madison's spirits, but the organizational high didn't last for long. Soon, she turned bored and edgy, looking for more things that needed her intervention.

Except he hadn't fully appreciated what he had until it was gone.

Pay attention to your breathing," she chided. "Not my butt.

Century plants bloom only once just before they die." "So they go out in a flame of glory.

Friendships take just as much TLC as romantic relationships.

Wasn't that just the theme of her life? Marginalized on the outskirts.

Live passionately or not at all.

Heated estrogen cruised Breeanne's veins

Hey, if you can't get what you want, maybe you could accept what you need.

Hey, watch what I can do with a cherry stem." She finished the revolution, fished a maraschino cherry from her cherry martini, and popped it into her mouth. Her jaw worked for a quick minute, and then she proudly stuck out her tongue to show him the woody cherry stem tied into a neat knot. "Ta-da.

It was time to let go. Some things in life were beyond fixing, and this was one of them.

The cart jerked, the wheels catching on something. Jodi pitched forward, felt the cart leave the sidewalk, tilt, tip. Momentum shot her from the downed cart. Her plan was to somersault forward, plant her feet, stand up. Ta-da. Unhurt. Unfazed. Except it didn't turn out that way.

For one amazing moment, the entire world made sense. It was as if she understood the meaning of everything. And love was all that there was.

Dear Lord, had he seen her cheetah-print panties?

Whiplash chatter. That was his Zoey.