Quotes from Jayne Ann Krentz

As a child, that had meant looking forward to holidays and birthdays and, most of all, becoming a grown-up. Upon achieving adulthood she had discovered that being a grown-up wasn't nearly as satisfying as she had anticipated. What was more, the future was uncomfortably unpredictable. At

A professional sex therapist." Gabe moved out into the hall. "Guess I should show some respect. They do say it's the oldest profession. No, wait, maybe I've got that mixed up with another line of work.

she had spent her life living mostly in the future. As a child, that had meant looking forward to holidays and birthdays and, most of all, becoming a grown-up. Upon achieving adulthood she had discovered that being a grown-up wasn't nearly as satisfying as she had anticipated. What was more, the future was uncomfortably unpredictable. At

The woman always wins. With courage, intelligence, and gentleness she brings the most dangerous creature on earth, the human male, to his knees.

asked. "They lie." "Ah. Frauds.

But here's the thing -- you've got questions of your own. The questions won't go away just because you try to ignore them. You may never get answers, but you need to accept that the questions are real and that you have reasons for asking them.

She thought of all she had learned about Harry tonight and hugged the intimate information to herself.

there've always been hippies of one kind or another. They just go under different names with each new generation. Bohemians, beatniks, dropouts, free spirits, freaks, whatever.

Bullies bullied not out of some unconscious desire to try to compensate for their low self-esteem. They did it because they could and because they enjoyed it.

The world's a hard enough place as it is. Don't spend what time you've got in it alone.

He smiled. Thought you said you weren't a romantic. I'm not. She turned another page. Doesn't mean I don't like to read about romance.

I like to think of this cemetery as a meditation garden now, a place where people can spend a few hours figuring out how to deal with loss," Ron said. "It usually takes a while to learn how to say goodbye.

I can't begin to imagine the shock of having a body fall out of the fireplace. And your aunt's fireplace, at that. She was a vegan, for heaven's sake. She killed him, Mom. She didn't eat him.

Everyone is vulnerable to something. The trick is to recognize your own weaknesses and blind spots so that you can come up with a way to protect them.

Absolute certainty is the greatest of all illusions.

Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible moment.

forces of nature. A man either ran for

So good, she said, kissing his shoulder. It's so good to be able to touch you like this. I like it that you like touching me. He captured her face in his hands and raised his head to meet her eyes. But the thought of you touching anyone else like this would drive me crazy. The only man I want to touch right now is you. That's not quite what I want to hear but we can talk about it some other time. I don't understand- Doesn't matter. Not now.

Stark was accustomed to being alone when things went wrong. For that matter, he was accustomed to being alone when things went right.

The fog grows stronger," she intoned in her prophecy voice. "The danger is coming closer. This storm will end in madness and death." North looked at her. "Out of curiosity, do you ever do happy, cheerful, positive-thinking prophecies?" "Sadly, not very often." Harmony fell back into her normal voice. "Certainly not lately. How about dinner and a drink over at the restaurant? It's lasagna night." "Sounds good," North said.

Happy hour was another popular activity

Being present at the creation of a full-blown conspiracy theory. It's like watching a galaxy being born. Lots of random, unconnected bits and pieces of matter whiz past each other, exert a little gravitational pull and bingo, they start forming an organized system. The next thing you know you have a complete, wheels-within-wheels fantasy involving the CIA, Area 51, cosmic energy and a dead guy.

Life is too short to waste time on books that end badly.

But the longer you live, the more you realize there are a lot of flukish things in this world.