"Are you okay?" "Fan-fricking-tastic. Only way today could get better is if I were scheduled for an appendectomy. Without drugs. In a third-world country."

"I threatened to kung fu you. Oh my God."

"It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions."

"He already couldn't remember what it'd been like before her. He'd thought everything was great in his life but then he'd been thrown a curve ball in the form of this gorgeous, passionate woman who he suddenly couldn't get enough of. Which made it official. He was hers, completely."

"Hey, Shayne said through the door. "You going to stay in there all night, because we're getting tired of trying to eavesdrop from out here. Can't hear a damn thing."

"How about we give each other everything we can and not blame each other for what we can't."

"That was one of the things she loved about him. He assumed she could walk and chew gum at the same time. He never second-guessed her, and he didn't try to change her. He accepted."

"Whatever you need, Always."

"Everyone knew that bugs traveled in packs. Only the stupid ones got caught. The smart ones lay in wait for her to go to sleep so they could attack."

"She slid on the helmet. "Thanks, Prince Charming." "Huh?" "You know, Cinderella," she said. "The prince had her slipper and you had my helmet..."

"You probably had more adventures today than I'll have in a lifetime. Walking must seem tame to you."Elle, you're more of an adventure than anything that's ever happened to me."

"We all have horrible track records, he said. "It's what leads up to the real thing. It's what allows you to recognize it when it shows up."

"Damn. A dead body. I hate it when that happens."

"I made a tactical error tonight with Wyatt." She paused "Horizontally." Sara laughed. "Again?"

"Never do anything that you don't want to have to explain to 9-1-1 personnel."

"She wished now she'd brought that vibrator as a flashlight instead of leaving it on the couch."

"Accept that some days you're the bug, and some days you're going to be the windshield."

"He made it hard for a girl to not fall head over heels."

"He rocked her against him. "No idea what I'm going to do with you." She didn't know what he was going to do with her either, but she hoped it was good."

"I'd give up being a bitch, but I'm not a quitter."

"I've heard that men are like fine wine. They begin as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the shit out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with."

"Apparently it'd been too long since her last social orgasm..."

"I'm good at a lot of things," he murmured."

"I want you, Elle," he said, voice low and rough. "It's a goddamn ache, I want you so much."

"What is it with us?"

"He stared at her. "How is it that you're cute, sexy as hell, and smarter than anyone I know?She gave him a small smile. "It's a gift."

"Her heart did a slow roll in her chest. "I'm yours," she whispered. "For the duration." "Yes, but more than that, I'm yours," he said, quiet steel."

"Smile. it's the second best thing you can do with your lips."

"If it's going to be two against one, make sure you aren't the one."

"A conclusion is the place you get to when you're tired of thinking."

"Sounds like you kids have some talking to do. I'll be eavesdropping from the kitchen."

"She's drunk dialing contractors Chloe said to Tara. "Someone should stop her."

"I'm putting a temporary hold on the 'stay away from me' thing,' she said. "just for a minute while I yell at you, and then we're definitely going right back to it."

"Truthfully, she was the best thing in his life and he was a complete idiot if he let her walk away from him."

"Pru had gotten under his skin, and like her, he wanted more. So much more. He wanted to know her secrets, the ones that sometimes put those shadows in her eyes. He wanted to know what made her tick. And more than anything, he wanted to taste her again.Every inch of her."

"What drew her into O'Riley's like a bee to honey was the six-foot, broad-shouldered, dark eyes, dark smile of Finn O'Riley himself."

"Doesn't everyone deserve their own version of a happily-ever-after?"

"Trying to cool his jets, trying to let her stay in charge, he attempted to hold back, but she let out this breathy little whimper like he was the best thing she'd ever tasted."

"Go away. I hate everyone right now, and I'm pretty sure that includes you."

"She'd offered him her friendship. Her body. And he'd taken both. He wanted to keep them both. And he also wanted more, so much more. He wanted her heart, like she had his."

"I might have to rescind my no-love rule," she said, a cookie in each hand. "Cookies are my sweet spot.' He smiled. "They're not your only sweet spot."

"You're sweet to humor me."He nearly choked on a fry. There was the sweet again. He should have killed someone this week; that would have taken care of that."

"Having plans sounds like a good idea - until you have to put on clothes and leave your house."

"Don't worry about whether you can do it, Bailey Bean. Just pretend you can. Pretend enough and it becomes real."

"Their gazes locked and held for a long beat, like maybe he was taking her pulse from across the room, absorbing the fact that she was drenched and breathless. The corners of his mouth twitched. She'd amused him again."

"Experience is what you get when you didn't know what you wanted."

"Men are like roses. You have to watch out for the pricks."

"Oh good Lord. She definitely hadn't put on enough deodorant for this."

"Some people aren't meant to stay in your life. But, that doesn't mean you can't carry a piece of them in your heart."

"Yes. This. It was just what she needed, because here, held by him like this, her guilt, her regret, her fears . . . all of it gave way to this heady, languid sensation of being desired and she didn't want it to stop.Any of it."