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“…but Sassenach—I am the true home of your heart, and I know that.”

He lifted my hands to his mouth and kissed my upturned palms, one and then the other, his breath warm and his beard-stubble soft on my fingers.

“I have loved others, and I do love many, Sassenach—but you alone hold all my heart, whole in your hands,” he said softly. “And you know that.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

“People change, but the two things that always stay true is our heart and our home. The heart always knows when it feels love no matter what happens in our mind. Home isn’t just a place. It’s a feeling. It knows where you belong.”
― Rhonda Lee Carver, Second Chance Cowboy

“You? A man? Wants to come shopping with a woman? For clothes?”
“Ah, but not for clothes, not for skirts or shoes.” He shuddered. “For lingerie. And that, my love, is a whole different story. Any time you want to shop for silky underwear, I’ll gladly accompany you.”
― Lauren Dane, Giving Chase

“Sugar, I am not playing a game. This is serious. I mean to woo you, so shut up and let me do it.”
― Lauren Dane, Chased

“friends will sit your ass down and give you the 'Come To Jesus' talk when you need it most.”
― Lauren Dane, Taking Chase

“Dude you say the best stuff. You're so getting lucky.”
― Lauren Dane (Author), Giving Chase

“Life can be about taking chances and finding really great things and yes, failing sometimes. Or it can be about wondering what if because you never dared to try.”
― Lauren Dane, Giving Chase

“You can't work me, Liv. I know you're a bitch, I know you're cranky, I know you're loving, I know you're smart and funny, I know you're giving and generous. I'm not walking off because you're not flawless. I don't want a diamond, I want a wife.
- Marc to Olivia”
― Lauren Dane, Chased

“That’s love. Real love is scary. Because you know what you stand to lose.”
― Lauren Dane, Taking Chase

“I’m a nosy old woman, it’s a perk of getting old. You can be annoying and people just call you eccentric.”
― Lauren Dane, Taking Chase

“Reading, like other types of art appreciation, is intensely personal. So what appeals to people is going to depend on who they are. It depends on what is happening in their life at any given moment. On what has happened to them over the course of their personal history and what makes them feel any number of things. The value of art, when it comes to being appreciated by the beholder makes the person consuming it part of that process. Failing to appreciate that integral part of the process is done at your own peril.

[*Pulls Ranty Pants Up* In Which Lauren Dane Discusses Art, Publishing, Trash and Writing What you Want, Blog Post, May 16, 2013]”
― Lauren Dane