Quotes from Jayne Ann Krentz

It's only a mistake if you don't learn from it

How long were you standing up there spying on me?" she asked. "You sure know how to make a man feel welcome.

Charlotte never lied to others, so she made the classic mistake of the habitually honest—she assumed that other people did not lie to her, at least not to her face. In her world, people were innocent of deliberate deceit until proven otherwise, which was, of course, way too late. Even

Later we can go to dinner." "I suppose that might work," she said. She sounded so damn casual, he thought. As if the decision she had just made weren't staggering in its implications. As if it weren't going to alter destinies and change the fate of nations.

Role models or not, in the end every man has to decide for himself just what kind of man he will be.

I love threats. They make great quotes. Is that recorder working, Irene?

There is no Great American Novel," she said absently. "This nation is too big and too diverse to produce only one great book. We've got lots of them and there will be more written in the future. Art doesn't stand still.

What about all the passion and pizzazz?" Letty smiled up at him, her hands moving on his shoulders. "I'm really enjoying that part, Joel." Joel laughed softly in the shadows. "Passion and pizzazz are our middle names, Letty my love. We've got enough to last us for the rest of our lives.

Two months later Joel loped down the stairs to the third floor and strode along the hall to the conference room. He walked through the door and stopped short at the sight of Letty held high in the arms of a huge blond Adonis.

Piece of cake." Brandon's grin had a certain very familiar male cockiness about it. "Dad says this time around I was his sucker punch." His grin faded slightly and his expression grew more serious as he continued. "But when we realized you were in danger, Dad went wild. I doubt if any car, even that old 'vette Dad used to drive, ever made the kind of time on River Road your Buick made last night. Dad really is a hell of a driver, isn't he?

you can't save someone who doesn't want to be saved.

There can be no true definition of normal because life is ever-changing.

Today I will focus on priorities and ignore the unimportant crap

Embrace the unknown. It is the only certainty.

A lady with a past has nothing to lose. But a woman with a future can't be too careful.

See that's the thing about men and sex. Thinking doesn't usually enter into it - Luther That explains so much - Grace

At Rainy Creek Gardens she had finally begun to realize that, no matter your age, when you looked back it always seemed that your life had passed in the blink of an eye. The past could not be changed and the future was unknowable. The residents of Rainy Creek Gardens were teaching her that the real trick to a good life was to learn to live in the present.

through gritted teeth, "is to look through

Diana seemed content with her role of wife, too. Colby congratulated himself. He'd chosen well the second time around, even if he had chosen in haste again. He'd learned a lot about Diana in the past few months. She was a mature adult just as he was, and when she made a commitment, she kept it

handiwork. One thing his background in construction had given him was a certain skill in taking care of the little things that a husband and father was always being called upon to do. Diana admired his ability in the home improvement department, and Colby knew he occasionally gave in to the urge to show off. She would

Colby was massaging her lower back with an automatic motion. He always knew when she was hurting. She leaned into his warm palm, savoring the small comfort. "You okay, honey?" Colby asked with concern. "I'm fine. Just the usual aches and pains. I'll be so glad when this baby gets here." Colby grinned. "This from the woman who's been worrying about surviving labor pains for nearly nine months?

a sad pulse beat in the darkness. The phone had rung just as the sky began

Maybe he's got a plan for proving that he was a victim of unethical research practices. Who knows? I can't begin to guess his objectives but I can promise you that there is nothing you or I or modern para-pharmaceuticals can do for him. We can't fix the monsters.

I don't know, Joel," Letty said with a tiny considering frown. "I was just starting to get used to the idea of an affair." "I told you, you're not really cut out for an affair, Letty." "I thought I was handling it very well," she said. "You're not the type.