Jill Shalvis

“The good news is your head’s still attached to your shoulders,” Cole said. “And the bad news?” Tanner asked. “The hit doesn’t appear to have knocked any sense into you.”

That’s just life. There’s good and there’s bad. My happiness and safety won’t come from having a man. It comes from me.

I'm not defined by what people think of me. My happiness comes from within.

Vous avez le droit de garder le silence : dans le cas contraire, tout ce que vous direz pourra être déformé et amplifié.

Pourquoi Dieu a-t-il créé l'homme avant la femme ? Parce qu'il faut toujours un brouillon avant le chef-d'œuvre.

L'heure la plus sombre est toujours celle qui précède l'aube. C'est donc le meilleur moment pour voler le journal de son voisin

La voie de la facilité étant toujours en travaux, prévoyez un itinéraire bis.

Au moment où vous penserez avoir touché le fond, quelqu’un vous balancera une pelle pour que vous continuiez à creuser.

He wasn't quite as emotionally stunted as she, who managed to keep everything bottled up inside, locked down tight, never to be let out and shared. It was a special talent of hers, one she was someday going to learn to fix if it killed her.

It's not that you don't feel anything, it's that you feel too much.

I've been really good at keeping myself isolated so I wouldn't engage my heart. So good that I'm not sure I can stop. I'm really talented at not feeling things anymore.

She realized that their lives had gone on without her, almost like she didn't even exist.

“He was a smart enough guy to get that she was the one for him. He was also smart enough to know that he was going to have to work his ass off for it.”

“When you find someone who knows you’re not perfect but treats you as if you are anyway, someone whose biggest fear is losing you, it’s worth whatever you have to go through.”

“Okay,” Max piped up. “I have a girlfriend now so I know this one. When Rory says ‘wow’ like that, it’s not a compliment. It means she’s thinking long and hard on how and when I’ll pay for my stupidity.”

“I'm sorry I was so hard on you. I nearly pushed you away—"
"Impossible," he said. "Don't you know yet? If I ever lost you, I'd lose myself.”

"You use the past to fix the now," she said. "You make your mistakes - which is allowed, by the way. After all, you're only human, but you learn from them. Grow from them. Things can't always be forgotten, but they can be forgiven."

He made her look at him and that was new for her. Eyes open. Heart open.
New and terrifying.

"S’il est sage de se conformer aux règles, il est beaucoup plus drôle de les contourner."

- Oh, et elle m’a aussi recommandé de me tartiner la figure avec un soin à la goyave parce que, d’après elle, j’ai la zone P trop sèche ! Comme si j’avais une zone P ! Celle-là va nous causer des problèmes, je peux vous le dire.
- Je crois que c’est plutôt la zone T, dit Ford en traçant la lettre sur son visage.