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I guess my ambition is simply to keep doing what I'm doing for as long as I can.

You didn't break my heart, I say. "You filled it up.

Within a week, I knew the subway systems,

Well, you always remember people who hurt your feelings.

And here I still think of you as the woman I loved more than I've ever loved anyone

He knows. I can see it in his eyes, he feels how much I love him still, and maybe he's always known.

I think writing well takes a little bit of talent and an awful lot of work.

I've made up boyfriends too' Karen said, nodding her head slowly. 'The best man I ever dated was all in my head' 'Thank you!' I exclaimed.

All I can say is ... she's been a good friend. And in her own special way, she's a ball of insecurities, but so aren't we all, right?

When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad.

If only ... the saddest words in the English language.

God must've had single women in mind when he invented dogs

I wish in one sharp, abrupt swell, that I could stay. What a beautiful word that is. Stay with me. Stay home. Stay alive.

My phone dings with a text. Mom: I bought you a rape whistle. There was a gangland slaying on your street last week.

It's not you. The stupidest line in the history of lines.

The love of your life won't be the man you end up with, and you'll always compare the two.

You want to be treated like an adult? Then you need to grow up.

He had all the rough and sultry appeal of Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront. Clive Owen in Sin City. Russell Crowe in everything he did.

Instead of answering, I just wrapped my arms around him and kissed him for all I was worth. Because when you meet The One, you just know.

And so I make a pact with the devil, or in this case, my mommy.

Schizophrenic, alternating as it served her purposes between

I think self-doubt, as grim as it can be, makes me a better writer. Stasis and hubris would probably be the death knell for my career.

Humor writing is something that comes naturally to me.

My blood pressure surges. Folks, unless you've walked the walk, never tell a widow it's time she moved on.

An ass lift? At eighty-two? I plan on proudly letting my ass drag when I'm eighty-two. I sure as hell wouldn't -

I was supportive! I was 1950s girdle supportive.

I took piano lessons as a kid, and my daughter's played piano since before she started kindergarten, so classical piano is something I really love.

Don't ever marry a man who loves his work more than he loves you.

Try a bikini next time." "Right. I'll also try setting myself on fire, since it would be just as fun.

The walk of shame, please. It was the walk of pride today.

I'm trying not to wet myself with excitement," I murmur back. "It's harder after having the triplets.

Shake hands, kids," Jack said. "Remember, humble in victory, gracious in defeat." He grinned up at her. "I feel very humble, don't you?

She smiled, and there it was again, that aching pressure in his chest. Love, or a heart attack. Kind of the same thing.

Get out of bed. Go to classes. Try to be normal, and pretty soon all that grief you carry...it gets easier.

Levi always said if you heard hoofbeats, expect to see horses, not zebras.

every day takes you further from the time he was alive, slicing you with the razor-sharp realization that those days would never be celebrated again.

I needed to mourn my father, that wonderful, sweet, gentle man.

I don't want to lose you, I love you, and ... and that's all I've got.
As speeches went, it wasn't great. As feelings went ... different story.

He didn't look away.
No one looked at a person that way anymore. They checked their phones, or scanned the horizon, or glanced around.

up on time every day, something I hadn't

But they're family, and you forgive them, even if they are human equivalent of hyenas. Because that's what you do, Posey. Forgive.

Ev wasn't the crunchiest chip in the bag.

proudly living in a refrigerator-sized apartment with three other students.

It was just that his heart belonged to someone else, and they both knew it. They never spoke of it, but it was true just the same.

God! The sexiest three words in the English language, 'you were right'. What woman doesn't love to hear that?

Commandment #1: Believe in yourself. Commandment #2: Get over yourself.

In most marriages, lust and love become tempered by normalcy.

He had the kind of looks that made breathing irrelevant

So because of their affair, Emmanuelle gets a promotion and a raise, Adam gets a vacation, and I got an STD panel.

Life is good, even without all the elements in place.

I knock cheerfully on the super's door - shave-and-a-haircut, two-bits!

But you know, if you're looking for love, there's always the mirror.

Then she smiled, just a flash, and something moved in Liam's chest. Something warm, and something he hadn't felt in a long time.

I don't date. I'm strictly for recreational purposes. - Leo

Rather tiring to a person whose idea of outdoor activity was taking her book outside to read. "All

Maybe love isn't just
a bouquet of roses once in a while. Maybe it's just sticking it out, when it's hard, when you're mad, when
you're tired.

The librarian, the warrior, the free spirit ... archetypes are a great jumping off point to help clarify where we want to go with a character.

And all that 'don't want to lose you' is utter bullshit. But just in case it's true, guess what? You did lose me. Just now.

There's something so satisfying about road trip movies - and books!

It's hard to stop loving someone on cue, especially when he's still so kind and loving toward you.

Cordelia, " he said quietly, his smile fading. "I seem to be in love you.

Not everyone has to be in a relationship to feel good about themselves. Some people are better off on their own.

Like the locked room upstairs? Listen. I've read Jane Eyre. That better be a red room of pain up there, and not your ex-wife.

Just once, I'd love to be heartbroken because someone loved me and left me, instead of heartbroken because I never got on that train at all.

Stop smiling. Every time you smile, an angel dies.

No wonder nothing had worked. No one else was him.

Snarky, sexy and so much fun. Sugar Jamison is sure to be a hit!.

Love came when you weren't looking, except in the case of millions who found mates on Match, but, hey. It sounded good.

A lot of people ask for sequels, but what they really want is just to know the characters are happy and safe.

I hate being shy. I hate it.

You should probably marry me." He smiled.

Say it, woman."
"It. Woman."
"God, you're a pain.

One thing about 'Thelma & Louise' we can't forget: Brad Pitt. Oh, yes.

I do think people should be proud and supportive of their friends, in publishing and everywhere else.

Then they'd looked at each other, realization

I also promise to let you help name any baby your mom and me might have-"
"Mistake. We'll have a kid named Chewbacca.

Being sexy is exhausting.

I think it's always interesting to learn what the seemingly spontaneous one-nighter actually reveals about a character.

Everyone makes mistakes. It's what you do after the mistake that matters.

Sometimes, I'll hear from other writers or folks in the publishing industry that my books are rule-breakers, which I take as a compliment.

Mrs. Plutarski is such a pill to me. You'd think I
routinely crapped on the altar, the way she treats me.

Liam's face grew serious. I'll take good care of you, Cordelia. I promise.

But I hardly hear anyone, because Trevor is kissing me and whispering, over and over, I love you, Chas. I love you, I love you, I love you.

Love gets used up, Chastity. If it's not returned, it gets used up.

THE LAST TIME my husband and I had sex, I fell asleep. Not after. During.

For twelve years, I've been trying to make him just one of the guys. He's not.

Don't be nice to me," she whispered, though she didn't move away. "I might cry if you are.

I guess I've found that I'd rather be alone than with the wrong person.

Sometimes our hearts just need time to accept what are heads already know

You deserve a husband who'd cut off his own dick before he'd cheat on you, Rach. You do." "Maybe we can put that in my Match profile,

We're trained to help damsels in distress." "If you ever call me that again, I'll kick you in the soft parts.

What's more appealing than a guy who gets down on his knees and lets your dog lick his face?

He spent his free time at the

Humor writing requires a rhythm and timing, as well as some kind of connection to the reader, and I think that's how I tap into it.

His child was now officially smarter than he was, and he didn't like it.

And get him. There

She wondered if he could see himself in a mirror. If he sparkled.