Quotes from Linda Howard

Know why PMS is called PMS?" "Don't you dare," she threatened. "Only women can tell PMS jokes." "Because 'mad cow disease' was already taken.

His face was terrifying in its stillness, with only his eyes alive, glittering with rage. She could feel the force of his anger in the coiled strength of his body, hear it in the almost inaudible softness of his tone. He wasn't a man who lost control in his anger; he gained it to an even greater degree.

She'd wanted love, a husband and children, a home filled with laughter and security, the things she'd never had as a child. She'd stopped even dreaming about them, she realized, and that was the saddest thing of all. But then she'd never really had a chance; she'd fallen in love with the one man she couldn't have, and it appeared that she was one of those women who loved on once in their lifetime

C'mon! Anything over eight inches is strictly for show-and-tell. It's there, but you can't use it. It might look good in a locker room, but let's face it—those extra two inches are leftovers." "Leftovers," Luna gasped, holding her stomach and shrieking with laughter. "Let's hear it for l-leftovers!

hãy tá»± ??ng lên b?ng chính mình, hãy tin vào b?n n?ng và ??ng bao gi? bán ??ng chính mình.

When we're married and he looks at me sitting beside him at the table, he should feel as if he's fought a great battle and accomplished something—namely, winning me. He'll treasure me more. I like being treasured.

He was a man who evidently felt very little; she was a woman who felt, perhaps, too much.

Faithfulness." She thought of her second fiance, the bastard. "Life's too short to waste it on someone you can't trust. You should be able to depend on the man you love not to lie to you or cheat on you. If you have that as a base, you can work on the other stuff.

He had destroyed her, so why couldn't she destroy him in return?

Payback was always hell, wasn't it?

Never run if you can walk, never walk if you can stand, never stand if you can sit, and never sit if you can lie." "Never talk if you can listen

You didn't think I'd let the backstabbing little hussy get away with it, did you? Not that I don't love Jenni, but she's the baby of the family, and she thinks she should get anything and everything she wants. Occasionally she has to be shown differently.

Orgasms, for her, had been what she faked with a man and provided herself when she was alone

The only choice you have right now is the color you want the house painted, and your choices are white and white. She was yelling by the time she finished, her face flushed.

You should've come with me. Had fun, lots of fun. The last sentence was deep with sensuality. You don't know what you're missin', Faithie. Then I don't miss it, do I? Faith whispered, and Jodie giggled.

You're a demon, you know that? he said with feeling. When your feet hit the floor every morning, I'll bet the devil shudders and says 'Oh shit, she's awake' Cael to Jenner

I have brain damage, remember? I'm not responsible for my actions--or for the actions of my hand, which acted of its own volition and without my knowledge.' Cam to Bailey

One morning just after Joe had left to drive to his class, Mary walked out to the barn and reflected on her state of hussiness. All in all, she was satisfied with it. Being a hussy had its advantages.

If only gossip weren't so titillating. Sweeney tried to control an avid desire to know more, to dig for all the dirty details. The temptation was great. Dirt was like fat; it made life more delicious.

A stab in the dark sometimes brought blood.

Honey, the only experts in PMS are men. That's why men are so good at fighting wars; they learned Escape and Evade at home.

Jason is one of those people who is like a Slinky; you always smile when you think of watching him fall down the stairs.

And so it began, not with thunderous noise, or drama, or a cataclysmic collapse, but with . . . silence.

There couldn't be anything more perfect, she thought, than slow dancing, barefoot, on a balcony in New Orleans, while the rain poured down and twilight wrapped around them