"Do you want to know why men name their penis? So the most important decisions in their life aren't made by a stranger."
— Linda Howard (After The Night)

"She should have remembered her past experiences in the relationship wars and not let herself get so excited. Evidently her hormones had overruled her common sense and she had become drunk on ovarian wine, the most potent, sanity- destroying substance in the universe."
— Linda Howard (Mr. Perfect)

"I'm not holding you against your will; I'm holding you against your car."
— Linda Howard (Mr. Perfect)

" "Is it time for your period, or something?"

With unerring instinct, he'd found a great big red button, and pushed it. Wyatt fights to win, which means he fights dirty. I understand the concept because that's how I fight, too, but understanding it didn't stop me from reacting. I could practically feel my blood bubbling with steam. "What?"

He turned around, all controlled aggression, and damned if he didn't push the button again. "What is it about having a period that makes women so bitchy?"

... It was an effort, but I said as sweetly as possible, "It isn't that we're bitchier, it's that having a period makes us feel all tired and achy, so we have less tolerance for all the bullshit we normally SUFFER IN SILENCE." By the time the sentence ended the sweetness was long gone, my jaw was clenched, and I think my eyes were bugging out.

Wyatt took a step back, belatedly looking alarmed."
— Linda Howard (Drop Dead Gorgeous)

"Death isn't peaceful; it is just nothing. Everything is gone. No more sunrises, no more hopes, no more fears. Nothing."
— Linda Howard (Kill and Tell)

""Oh, is that what's in the box? You threw my engagement ring at me?""
— Linda Howard (To Die For)

"Sweeney: I can just see all you tough young soldiers cuddling together.
Richard: Not cuddling, huddling. There's a difference."
— Linda Howard (Now You See Her)