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1 " EVERYONE AT YAMPA VALLEY "
― , Reckless (Tracy Whitney #3)
2 " I think so. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Secrets can be a burden. I mean, once you know something, that’s it. You can never un-know it. You can never take that knowledge back. The innocence you had before, it’s gone. You shouldn’t inflict that on someone unless you really have to. Especially not someone you love. "
― , Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory
3 " Everything passes. Nothing is forever. Least of all love. Cameron "
4 " HE TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED BACK down the empty church, "
― , Chasing Tomorrow (Tracy Whitney #2)
5 " secret "
6 " bolinhos de bacalhau, the delicious codfish fritters cooked on every street corner. The riot of colour that existed everywhere, from the jungle flowers, to the women’s stunning dresses, to the frescoes and stained glass windows of the tiny, baroque Chapel of St Rita, where they now stood. All of it made Gunther Hartog feel young again. Young and alive. ‘What if Pierpont got wise?’ The worry lines deepened on Jeff Stevens’s face. ‘What if…? "
7 " her shoulders like poured molasses. Jeff Stevens had seen her in countless guises over the years –Tracy’s was a fluid, changeable beauty, which accounted for part of her success as a con artist –but he had never seen her look more lovely than she did today. Tracy’s mother used to tell her that she had ‘all the colours of the wind’ in her. Jeff Stevens understood exactly what Doris Whitney had meant. Today Tracy’s eyes, incredible eyes that could change from moss green to dark jade according to her mood, sparkled with happiness, and with "
8 " It was amazing how quickly the body could heal. But the spirit was not so resilient. "
― , Sidney Sheldon's After the Darkness
9 " From now on, I’ll have to be my own rock. Rebuild my own life. Start afresh. I’ve done it before, and I’ll do it "
10 " But he didn’t care. Jeff’s whole body felt warm, as if a glow of contentment and well-being were heating him from within. He had no idea how much time had passed since he was last awake – since the beating – but whatever Cooper had given him felt great. The strange thing was that Jeff felt none of the mental fog usually associated with morphine or other opiate-based painkillers. His body might have been lulled into a false sense of security, but his mind was clear. Perhaps, he wondered, adrenaline was keeping him focused? Very obviously he was still in danger. Other than his hunch about "
11 " Where there's life, there's hope. "
12 " Valor não é quanto uma coisa custa, rapaz. Isso é lenda. Valor é quanto alguém está disposto a pagar. Ou ser pago "
13 " Vocês policiais são como ônibus. Nunca estão lá quando precisamos, e então, de repente, todos aparecem de uma só vez. "
14 " Ela acha que está morta por dentro, mas não está. Só está hibernando. "
15 " hysteria "
16 " How easily it can all be washed away. Power, happiness, even life itself. It only takes an instant, a single unguarded instant. And it's gone. "
17 " You've got to take life's opportunities where you find them. "
18 " Everybody needs hope, even criminals "
19 " It's very difficult with psychiatric patients. Unless they actively seek help, or offend, tehy quickly slip off radar. "
20 " I understand loving someone, but not losing yourself to that degree. It's not healthy. "