Quotes from Eileen Wilks

Marriage and especially the ceremony which announces it, the wedding... That is how we say to the world, 'These two are now a family, and with this joining our families are joined, too. And you had damned well better respect that.

He stared at the heart of his heart, the one woman in the world for him

Uh - do you want to do it outside? "Frequently. Oh, you meant the wedding. That, too.

I see you. I will be careful with the places that hurt.

We aren't guaranteed the time we think we need to mend fences with those we love.

What?" She drew herself up, stern as a cat presented with the wrong food for dinner.

She had of course, kept working. He liked to think she would have moved under the table to continue her task if a gun battle had broken out, but he wasn't sure.

Living is very serious, very real. It is also always a game. If we are wise, it is very real, very terrible, and very lovely, and a good deal of fun.

The dead weren't scary. It was the living you had to watch out for.

Bleeding isn't optional for most of us.

Guilt always makes the other feelings worse.

This was what she needed… the quiet turning to the other in the middle of the night, the wordless meeting of lips, skin, breath. The trust, unfurling one pale petal at a time, that he would be there.

My feelings were hurt. Once I started I couldn't seem to let it go. Be strange if the person who matters most in the whole world couldn't hurt your feelings, wouldn't it?

Humans were peculiar. They were by turns squeamish and appallingly violent.

Death cuts off possibilities. Even if they were possibilities you never meant to act on, it feels different when they're gone.

Religion turned some folks belligerent.

I do love you. I think you know that, but just in case...I love you.

You're so far off base this time you can't even see the base!

But when you slice truth too thin, you deceive.

When you slice the truth too thin, you deceive.

Women were complicated creatures. Any man who thought he had one figured out simply wasn't paying attention.

What?" She drew herself up, stern as a cat presented with the wrong food for dinner.