Diana Palmer

“I've been noble since they took you to the hospital," he said through his teeth. "I'm tired of it. I don't eat, I don't sleep, I can't even work. I remember your voice moaning in my ear like the cry of the damned while I was having you," he bit off, bending to her mouth. "You couldn't get enough of me. You couldn't get close enough to me. Your face when I fulfilled you....I ache every time I think about it.”

“Women are the cradles of life. What sort of man tries to break a cradle (Marc)”

“He made her think of ruins, of mysterious places in shadow and darkness, of storms and torrents of rain.”

“There are in life a few moments so beautiful,that even words are a sort of profanity.”

“Get used to it. Life doesn't give, it takes. Anything worth having is worth fighting for.”

“I guess I wouldn't want to be rich. you'd never be sure if people liked you for what you were or what you had.--Tellie”

“All the people we loved, who have died, are still alive in the past. The only thing that really separates us is time. It's a matter of perspective. That's what separates optimism and pessimism.”

“Money isn't enough. Happiness takes more than a padded bank account.”

“More often than not, a woman marries for money and a man marries for sex. What difference does a sheet of paper with signatures make?""If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand the answer," she said simply.”

“The inscription in your wedding band says 'forever,' Callie. And it means forever. I'll love you until I close my eyes for the last time. And even afterward, I'll love you.”