Quotes from Susan Elizabeth Phillips

There's nothing more boring than listening to successful adults whine about how mistreated they were as children, is there?

Sex has to be something more than just bodies," he said harshly. "That's what you told me. You told me it had to be sacred, but it can't be that way with us. There's no love. Don't ever forget that. There's just sex." To his utter astonishment, she gave him a tender smile that seemed faintly tinged with pity. "You foolish man. Of course there's love. Don't you know? I love you.

Come on, Ted. I'm not exactly the type to be a rich man's bimbo." "That's true." A world of compassion softened his voice. "Bimbos are generally good-hearted women who are pleasant to be around." "Spoken from experience, I'm sure. By the way, you may be God Almighty on the golf course, but you're a lousy dancer. Let me lead.

Johnny Guy, some idiot put Flower in panties with teddy bears on them." "I'm the idiot, Jako. You got a problem?

Tell me what it would be like? If you loved me?

Creciste protegida, Daisy, pero yo lo hice de la manera más cruda. Mucho más cruda de lo que puedas imaginar. Cuando creces así, tienes que aprender a protegerte de alguna manera, tienes que aferrarte a algo que impida que te conviertas en una bestia. En mi caso fue el orgullo. Nunca me doblego . Jamás

What I'm trying to say is, as I get older, all the things I've done to make money have become less important in my life. I'm proud of the company. I've built it up from nothing and I'm sure as hell not going to stand by and watch it get eaten up. But when I'm sitting out on the patio on a Sunday afternoon and I start counting my blessings, it's the people I love that come to my mind, not the company.

She shot across the rug, flung the door back open, and yelled into the parking lot. "I hope you choke on your blood vegetables!

Sometimes she did this funny little thing after they'd finished making love. He'd be holding her against his chest, sort of dozing off and feeling peaceful all the way down to his toenails, and she'd make this little ' x' right over his heart with her fingertip. Just this little 'x'. Right over his heart

Panda gazed at her plastic-bag pregnancy. "Here I am, about to be a father, and the sex wasn't even that good." She fought the urge to apologize.

She hated using airplane toilets. She was always afraid the plane would choose the exact moment she was most defenseless to crash, and she'd spend her final seconds of life spiraling toward earth with her bottom bare to the world.

There is a God after all. And She watches out for Her own." Dan

You shouldn't dare a person who doesn't have anything left to lose.

Todo el mundo comenta cómo salvaste la vida de Winnie anoche _ Lo que hice fue hacerle una zancadilla cuando llegamos a la puerta y luego arrastrarla a la calle, para que todos pensara que la había salvado. Él sonrió y levantó su tazón en señal de brindis. _ Bien hecho. _ Veo que has pasado demasiado tiempo en mi poco recomendable compañía.

Isn't there a mirror someplace where you can go admire yourself?" - Molly "I never knew a woman so hung up on my good looks." - Kevin "All your women are hung up on your good looks. They just pretend it's your personality." "I swear, somebody needs to spank you." "You are, like, so not the man to do it." "You are, like, such a damned brat.

Captain Blood, Robin Hood, Don Juan -Flynn had played them all. Sometimes if the mood struck him, he'd even played them well.

In Dallie's mind that was one of the world's stupidest questions, right up there with: was it as good for you as it was for me?

Los niños necesitan amor y, si no lo tienen, algo se muere en su interior.

I got on my knees once for love, and I don't recommend it.

A rubbish word. One he hardly ever used. The word had no moral weight. A person didn't need courage for "nice." "Nice" called for no sacrifice, no strength of character. If only all he'd ever had to do was be nice . . .

Sometimes we focus on other' flaws so we don't have to focus on our own.

I don't love you anymore," she whispered. "I don't love you at all." His throat closed. "It's all right, sweetheart. I love you enough for both of us.

No soy uno de esos cínicos que cree que el amor no existe, porque lo he visto en otras personas. Pero yo no puedo sentirlo. Ni por una mujer ni por nadie. Nunca he amado.

It's a good thing I have an oversize ego because if I didn't, you'd have destroyed it.