Quotes from Jayne Ann Krentz

Act as if you are in control, especially when you know it's not true. Your mind will clear and you will be able to see opportunities that are veiled by chaos.

It occurred to her that after what he must have seen in the course of his FBI profiling work, death by garden tools was probably a fairly tame scenario.

All of her hormones had sat bolt upright and immediately launched into a stirring rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus.

Tessa exchanged a commiserating glance with Molly as the crowd gradually dwindled.

She knew enough about him to realize that no one would ever understand him unless he wished it, and that was highly unlikely. He was a man who operated alone, working by his own rules even when he was doing a job for his employers. Emily thought of him in the same way she thought of hurricanes, charging lions and marauding sharks. The only sensible thing to do when any of them was in the vicinity was to get out of the way.

She wanted to scream her rage to the uncaring universe, but she couldn't breathe.

Maybe his worst nightmare had finally become his new reality.

We're in this together until we get answers.

gone wrong. The folks who arranged to kill Quinn and steal the computer didn't get whatever it was they expected to find so they're back in Oriana. And Raine Tallentyre is the only lead we've got. Whatever you do

Sometimes it's a mistake to look too far down the road. There are times in life when you can't be sure of the pattern. You have to meet circumstances as they are.

There's thinking outside the box and then there's failing to be able to find the box in the first place. You can't appreciate the new model until you understand the old one and why it isn't working anymore.

of whoever is running those clones." "But—" "We don't have time to argue, Catalina. I'm sorry, but you're going to have to trust me." "Trust you? Just because you're from the Foundation? We should be looking for those two men who grabbed Olivia." "I'm not going to ignore those damned twins. I'll have Victor send someone to Seattle today to

You read those pop-psych books?" "I was engaged to a psychologist for a while a year and a half ago. You hang out with shrinks, you pick up a few things." "Nothing contagious, I trust.

resist. Six months from now she would have enough saved

The opening sentence of his latest book could have served as his personal motto: Absolute certainty is the greatest of all illusions.

Determination was a superpower, but like any power, it could be used for bad ends.

Remember rule number one - stick to the truth, but don't volunteer anything... What's rule number two? See rule number one.

Showing signs of weakness was a good way to get eaten.

The meds don't make the pain go away, they just take you to a different place. But everyone around you thinks you're no longer in pain so they feel better.

When we were growing up, Cooper Island was our whole world." "And then we went out into a much bigger world, so the island and everything on it now seem smaller in comparison.

Paperwork is as necessary to modern life as food and shelter. You can't live without it.

Privately she thought she understood exactly why Pamela Bedford and Lindsay Mills had lost their nerve on the eve of marriage. It would take courage to marry Sam Stark.

Since the days of ancient Alexandria libraries had stood for all the best that mankind could achieve. The very existence of libraries held out hope for the future of the human race, as far as Letty was concerned. If people had enough sense to collect and store information and make it available to everyone, perhaps they would someday have enough sense to use that wisdom to stop wars and find a cure for cancer.

He wondered if he would ever get to the point where he would take such concern on his behalf for granted. He doubted it. When you had spent most of your life looking for something, you weren't likely to treat it casually when you finally stumbled into it.