Quotes from Jayne Ann Krentz

Look at the positive side. To a man who is going to spend his wedding night alone, I would think that a live actress running around in the buff on stage would be a lot more interesting than an inflatable, anatomically correct doll." Stark gave her a thoughtful look. "Point taken.

One can't stop change. The best thing one can do is manage it so that one doesn't get crushed by it.

Molly gave him a questioning smile, revealing two slightly crooked front teeth.

Harry Stratton Trevelyan could have been a swordsman, an artist, a monk, or a vampire. With such a range of career options, Molly found it intensely interesting that he had chosen a scholarly vocation.

Why is it that fancy hotels always locate the rooms that are supposed to be accessible to folks in wheelchairs and walkers at the end of the hall as far from the elevators as possible? And why is it those rooms are always the ones with the worst views?

For the record, you are a very, very good bad influence.

Sounds like the classic definition of insanity, doesn't it? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

No one can turn a man into a hero, just as no one can turn him into a coward. A man has to do either one all by himself.

He who would change the future course of the river must be prepared to get his hands wet in the waters of the past. —"On the Way of Water," from the journal of Hayden Stone

You're not quite what I had in mind," she said. "What?" "I was thinking of getting a cat.

He had made his decision regarding Molly with great care and consideration.

That was the thing about impulsiveness. It contained the seeds of its own retribution.

Patriotism was a great thing but it worked best when it was tempered by common sense.

That's what I like about a well-educated man. If he contemplates the obvious long enough, he finally gets a clue.

I think balance is always the problem. I doubt that anyone ever gets it perfectly right. The trick is to recognize when things are tilting too far in the wrong direction and make course corrections.

They also serve who only sit and wait

There is no such thing as closure as far as I'm concerned." Julius tossed the contents of another egg into the bowl. "Things are what they are. You deal with reality and move on.

separating her thighs. The scent of her arousal hardened every muscle in his body. He moved his hand down her hip and then to her hot, warm core.

It struck her that she was home when she was with Harry. She wondered if he felt the same way when he was with her. She hoped he did. He needed a sense of home more than any man she had ever known.

Threats are a waste of everyone's time. They leave room for doubt. They encourage an opponent to test your willpower or your strength.

I make my living by identifying patterns of behavior and predicting people's actions. The fact that most folks don't change much over time is very good for my business.

that old energy in the caves, you know. People who spend

We all have pasts and we all have futures. All we can do is choose to live in one or the other. It doesn't seem to me that there's much point living in the past.

But they said that you could find anyone these days, thanks to the Internet.