"The greatest risk is to risk nothing at all"
— Leo Buscaglia

"Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life."
— Leo Buscaglia

"Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistable urge to commit murder, and an inferority complex. Yippee."
— J.R. Ward (Dark Lover)

"Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point.
(Translation: The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.)"
— Blaise Pascal (Pascal's Pensees)

"'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all."
— Alfred Lord Tennyson (In Memoriam)

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
— Maya Angelou

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe

"Maybe I’m drunk right now, even though I don’t remember drinking anything.
When I’m drunk, I say things without thinking. Drinking numbs you from your ability to
reason. It makes you forget your own character and become a crazy. Maybe I am a
crazy now; I’m going through so much chaos these days that reality is hard to grasp."
— Carlton Mellick III (Satan Burger)

"The staircase that was revealed was lit with a soft red glow.
"I feel like I'm walking down into a porn movie," V muttered as they took the steps with care.
"Wouldn't that require more black candles for you," Zsadist cracked.
At the bottom of the landing, they looked left and right down a corridor carved out of stone, seeing row after row of...black candles with ruby color flames.
"I take that back," Z said, eyeing the display.
"We start hearing chick-a-wow-wow shit," V cut in, "can I start calling you Z-packed?"
"Not if you want to keep breathing.""
— J.R. Ward (Lover Avenged)

"Z: "You know, this was a hell of a lot easier when you were out cold in the back of that truck."

Phury: "That was you?"

Z:"You think it was Santa Claus of some shit?""
— J.R. Ward

""Man" Rhage muttered, "someone hit this place with the Hallmark stick."

"Until it broke."
— J.R. Ward (Lover Revealed)

"That's you," Wrath said. You shall be called the Black Dagger warrior Dhestroyer, descended of Wrath son of Wrath."

"But you'll always be Butch to us," Rhage cut in. "As well as hard-ass. Smart-ass. Royal pain in the ass. You know, whatever the situation calls for. I think as long as there's an ASS in there, it'll be accurate."

"How about bASStard?" Z suggested.

"Nice. I feel that."
— J.R. Ward (Lover Revealed)

"V shook his head. “Remember what you saw in that clearing, cop? How’d you like that anywhere near a female you loved?”

Butch put down the Bud without drinking from it. His eyes traveled over Rhage’s body.

“We’re going to need a shitload of steel,” the human muttered."
— J.R. Ward (Lover Eternal)

"When I want you to beg, I'll tell you."
— J.R. Ward (Lover Unbound)

"Shit. . . this was a bad idea. A pure-blooded, bonded male vampire about to watch his shellan feed someone else. Holy hell, when the Scribe Virgin had suggested Beth come down, V had assumed it was for ceremonial purposes, not so she could be a vein. But what was the choice? Butch was going to suck Marissa dry and not have enough and there wasn't another female in the house who could do the job: Mary was still human and Bella was pregnant.

Besides, like dealing with Rhage or Z would be any easier? For the beast, they'd need a tranq gun the size of a cannon and Z. . . well, shit."
— J.R. Ward (Lover Revealed)

""What brings you onto my property?" Rhev said, cradling his mug with both hands trying to absorb its warmth.
"Got a problem"
"I can't fix your personality, sorry"

"
— J.R. Ward

"Vengeance was one hell of a roommate."
— J.R. Ward (Dark Lover)

"I was dead until you found me, though I breathed. I was sightless, though I could see. And then you came...and I was awakened."
— J.R. Ward (Lover Awakened)

"I'm not interested in a life that doesn't have you in it." [Rydstrom]"
— Kresley Cole (Kiss of a Demon King)

"Aingeal, there is only one thing on my body that's ten inches long, and if you'll recall, the scar is no' it.

~ Ethan MacCarrick ~"
— Kresley Cole (If You Deceive)

"Sometimes you have to do the right thing instead of the romantic thing; it's when you listen to your head instead of your heart. "
— Donna Schoenrock

"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."
— Elie Wiesel

"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest."
— Elie Wiesel

"Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing."
— Leo Buscaglia

"Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself."
— Leo Buscaglia

"The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position."
— Leo Buscaglia

"The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot
learn, feel, change, grow or love.
Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom.
Only the person who risks is truly free."
— Leo Buscaglia

"Change is the end result of all true learning."
— Leo Buscaglia

"The hardest battle you are ever going to have to fight is the battle to be just you."
— Leo Buscaglia

"Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness."
— Leo Buscaglia

"Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love."
— Leo Buscaglia

"Don't walk in my head with your dirty feet."
— Leo Buscaglia (Living Loving and Learning)

"The person who risks nothing does nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave. He has forfeited freedom. Only a person who risks is free."
— Leo Buscaglia

"The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new. "
— Leo Buscaglia

"Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance"
— Leo Buscaglia

"The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new.

GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE!"
— Leo Buscaglia

"If you don't like the scene you're in, if you're unhappy, if you're lonely, if you don't feel that things are happening, change your scene. Paint a new backdrop."
— Leo Buscaglia

"The hardest battle you’re ever going to fight is the battle to be just you."
— Leo Buscaglia

"Jacob: "May the best MAN win."
Edward: "Sounds about right, pup!""
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"Forbidden to Remember. Terrified to Forget."
— Stephenie Meyer (New Moon)