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The fuse is lit. You can run all you want to but you leave a trail of gunpowder in your wake. There's going to be a reckoning eventually. -- Colleen Houck
Well, because you mysteriously came all this way and obviously are not the man I thought you were, why the heck not. So, Phet, if that's even your real name, tell
me, how do I defeat Lokesh?"
"It's simple. Do to him what I did to you."
"What? Talk to him in broken English? -- Colleen Houck
No matter what sort of difficulties you must endure and no matter hiw painful your experiences, you must not lose hope. Losing faith is the only thing that can truely distroy you. To conquer yourself and your weaknesses are a greater triumph than to conquer thousands in battle. -- Colleen Houck
He kissed me fiercely, with an utter abandon that I could no more put a halt to than I could stop an avalanche. -- Colleen Houck
Were you always such a stubborn, blind, obtuse girl?"
"Are you calling me stupid?"
"Yes, but in a more poetic way!"
"Well, here's a poem for you. Get lost! -- Colleen Houck
The ghost of a smile appeared on her face. Learn to love the moment you are in. Treasure your experiences, for precious moments too quickly pass you by, and if you are always rushing toward the future, or pining for the past, you will forget to enjoy and appreciate the present. -- Colleen Houck
No matter what happens, please remember that I love you, hridaya patni. Promise me that you'll remember."
"It's a pet name our father used to call our mother. It means ... wife of my heart. -- Colleen Houck
Kelsey was jealous of the waitress. I almost laughed. This beautiful girl was absolutely perfect for me. How could I look at another?#Ren -- Colleen Houck
How do I get past my fears? Make a life for myself? Risk loving someone? When death is all that waits for you, what's the point in trying to have a life? -- Colleen Houck
Bad things sometimes happen to good people; the key to happiness is try to make the best of, and be thankful for the hand we're dealt -- Colleen Houck
Destiny chose me to befriend him, to save him, to love him. -- Colleen Houck
You think I wanted to fall for you? I stayed away from you! I gave him the chance to be with you! But there's another part of me that asks what if? What if you're not supposed to be with Ren? What if you were supposed to be the answer to my prayers? Not his! -- Colleen Houck
You're forgetting something iadala. Love is not a consequence. Love is not a choice. Love is a thirst
a need as vital to the soul as water is to the body. -- Colleen Houck
Was it too much to ask you to wait for me? To believe in me? Don't you know how much I love you? -- Colleen Houck
There is still a piece of my heart that belongs to you. I have cherished it all these centuries. -- Colleen Houck
He sighed and bowed deeply. Sundari. I was standing here thinking nothing could be more beautiful than this sunset tonight, but I was mistaken. You standing here in the setting sun with your hair and skin aglow is almost more than a man can ... fully appreciate. -- Colleen Houck
You must learn to take a step back and visualize the whole piece. If you focus only on the thread given to you, you lose sight of what it can become. -- Colleen Houck
How poor are they that have no patients! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?'"
"Shakespeare isn't going to save you this time, Superman. Your time's run out."
He scowled. "Perhaps I should have been studying The Taming of the Shrew! -- Colleen Houck
Like the trees, his roots went deep, and I daydreamed that if he wrapped me in his arms, he could safely tuck me away within his branches and hide me from the world. He was shaken by nothing. He feared noting. -- Colleen Houck
He was my ultimate present my own personal miracle and I'd blown it. I'd given him away. It was like winning backstage passes to meet the rock star of your dreams and donating the tickets to charity. It sucked. Big time. -- Colleen Houck
I'll be fine. Maybe I should make up a magic milk bath with the Golden Fruit, huh?" I laughed.
Kishan considered and grinned. "A giant bowlful of milk with you in the middle might be a little too much for us cats to resist. -- Colleen Houck
I am as wrapped up in her as a vine that clings to a tree seeking for sustenance. She's tied me to her for eternity. She's my home. She's my reason for being. To win and hold her heart is my only purpose. -- Colleen Houck
Does that count as an argument? Can we kiss and make up now?"
"It was only half an argument."
"Fine. Then, you kiss and I'll make up."
I laughed until he effectively shut me up with his lips. -- Colleen Houck
Falling for him would be like cliff diving. It would be either the most exhilarating thing that ever happened to me or the stupidest mistake I'd ever make. -- Colleen Houck
He considered my question for a moment and then ducked his head to kiss me. He tugged me flush up against his chest , pulling me closer than i even though possible, and then his lips touched mine. -- Colleen Houck
Perfect! Now we're being chased by hoards of monkeys! Perhaps you would care to name their species as we're attacked, just so I can appreciate the special traits of said monkey as it kills me!"
"At least when the monkeys are harassing you, you dont have any time to harass me! -- Colleen Houck
Okay, then I'll just say I love you. There is nothing in this world more important to me than you are. I'm only content when you're near. My whole purpose is to be what you need me to be. It's not poetry, but it's from my heart. Will that do? -- Colleen Houck
What's all the yelling about?" Kishan asked.
"Would you please tell your sorry excuse for a brother that I'm not talking to him anymore?"
Kishan grinned. "No problem. She's not talking to you anymore. -- Colleen Houck
Hmm ... now that I think about it, housecats are often coddled and petted. You don't pet me nearly enough. You must be a lax owner. How selfish of you to deprive your cat of attention. -- Colleen Houck
I mean, realistically, what was I expecting here? A sarcophagus built for two? -- Colleen Houck
Don't you see, Ren? That's exactly why I have to go. You need to know that you can survive without me. That's there's more to life than just me. You need to see this world that's opened up to you and know that you have choices. I refuse to be your cage- Kelsey, pg. 401 -- Colleen Houck
If I was a braver man, I'd leave things the way they are, but I can't. You asked me why I'm a coward because I refuse to be without you. I cannot fathom any kind of a happy existence if you're not in it. -- Colleen Houck
Because I've died many deaths, mostly over you, and I'm still alive. Trying to have a relationship with you is like trying to rescue someone from Hades. Only a fool would keep going back to get a woman who fights him every step of the way. -- Colleen Houck
You were on the other side of the world, but I often woke with the scent of you surrounding me. I ached for you, Kells. No matter how much Kishan thrashed me, it couldn't diminish the pain of losing you. I'd dream of you and reach out to touch you, but you were always just out of reach. -- Colleen Houck
How did yo do that?"
Ahmose titled his head. "Im am a pathfinder," he said simply.
"But that's not a path. It's a door."
"Yes. I found the path of weakness in the door. -- Colleen Houck
One's enemy is often the best teacher of tolerance. -- Colleen Houck
The camp children descended upon me in a raucous, violent flurry of little bodies. I felt like tiny buffalo were stampeding over me. -- Colleen Houck
I could still feel the ghost of him hovering in the quiet, dark recess of my heart. It was as if he was just waiting for me to be lonely, or to let my guard down, so that he could surface and fill my mind again with thoughts of him. -- Colleen Houck
Shhh Kelsey. I'm here. I'm not leaving you priya. Hush now. Mein aapka raksha karunga. I will watch over you priyatama. -- Colleen Houck
Yours in life, Kishan."
"Yours in death, Dhiren -- Colleen Houck
You just go ahead and keep on lining up your fan club because I am always going to be there to keep knocking them down. -- Colleen Houck
Apparently he took my advice. He shoved me face-first into a boulder. It broke my nose. -- Colleen Houck
You are my pearl without a price.
-Ren, Tiger's Curse -- Colleen Houck
Oregon almost never got too hot. An Oregon governor must have passed a law a long, long time ago that said Oregon had to always have moderate temperatures. -- Colleen Houck
There was a large sting near his upper lip. I touched it lightly. "Does it hurt?"
My gaze moved from his lips up to his eyes. He was looking at me in a way that made me blush.
"Yes," he responded quietly. -- Colleen Houck
If anyone can overcome a fear for the ocean, you can, little lady. Courage is being scared to death and saddlin' up anyway. -- Colleen Houck
The human sun god was a stomach-dropping, chest-popping, feet-sliding, shoulder-swaying, hip-rotating, flutter-inducing, liquid locomotive, and I was surrounded by women who couldn't wait to buy a ticket. -- Colleen Houck
A life with Ren was harder to picture. We didn't look as if we belonged together. It was like matching up Ken with Strawberry Shortcake. He needed Barbie. -- Colleen Houck
Long dormant feelings poured through my dried-up limbs and wound through me, slowly filling the emptiness. Like an irrigated field, I felt myself blossom and grow with new vigor. He was the sun, and the tenderness he showed me was life-giving water. -- Colleen Houck
Thrilled with the knowledge that she loved me, it took me a moment to realize that she was angry. I found her tantrum irresistible. #Ren -- Colleen Houck
The grief changes over time. You keep busy. Sometimes your mind even forgets the pain for a little while. But when someone you love dies, there will always be a hurt inside you, like a splinter, and when you give yourself over to thinking on it, the ache comes back. -- Colleen Houck
Love is fleeting. It's a brief spark that flares in the heavens, bursting forth in a cascade of glory only to be snuffed out in the darkness of space. It is not something worth risking the cosmos over. -- Colleen Houck
A tear dropped from my cheek to his forehead. "Please don't die," I whispered. -- Colleen Houck
A mind with questions is a mind open to understanding. -- Colleen Houck
A wise man sees the path all must walk and embraces the free will of humankind, even if to watch it unfold causes him pain. -- Colleen Houck
Saying his name stabbed my heart, like someone had ripped through my carefully stitched up world and exposed the infected, pulsing red tissue that I thought was healing. -- Colleen Houck
I smirked at Ren before answering. "Yes. I dreamed I fed Ren to the kraken."
Tigers Voyage
Pg. 405 -- Colleen Houck
You died in your sleep? Drunk driver? Cancer,huh? World war? Well ... yeah those deaths are great and all,but wait till I tell you what happened to me. Yeah ... that's right ... I said kraken. -- Colleen Houck
These are delicious! What are they?"
"Double chocolate chip with peanut butter filling."
"They're the second best thing I've ever tasted."
I laughed. "You said the same thing at dinner."
"I recently readjusted the ranking. -- Colleen Houck
Just so you know, I hate camping. I'm not so much appreciating the fact that there's no bathroom out here. 'Nature calls' while walking in nature is on my list of least favorite things. You tigers, and men in general, have it so much easier than us girls. -- Colleen Houck
Making a mistake isn't bad; what's bad is refusing to learn from it so you don't repeat it. -- Colleen Houck
That was a pygmy marmoset by the way. Just in case you were wondering."
I wheezed. "Thank you oh Walking Monkey Dictionary. -- Colleen Houck
Holy Hannah, that man is dangerous! -- Colleen Houck
Just because there is no perceivable alternate exit does not mean another exit does not exist. I believe there may indeed be a way to escape. -- Colleen Houck
I've been working hard to become the kind of man she needs, the kind of man she already believes me to be. -- Colleen Houck
A handsome prince, such as yourself, deserves someone who is no less than one hundred percent dedicated to him. -- Colleen Houck
She was leaving so I made a sound and thought, "Please. Just stay a little longer. Don't go yet." That's when ... she touched me.#Ren -- Colleen Houck
I don't understand how I could have believed you were a warm, affectionate, and tenderhearted person! You're obviously as prickly as a porcupine and any man who comes close to you will end up with a face full of quills! -- Colleen Houck
Before I could even form a question, he murmured some words in Egyptian and we were sucked into a whirlwind. -- Colleen Houck
Kishan is capable of a great many things, and girlfriend
stealing is at the top of his list of skills. -- Colleen Houck
It dishonors the death of our loved ones to shut out happiness. We throw away what could have been and waste our opportunities. We each have a purpose, a destiny and to realize it we must reach beyond what we are capable of. -- Colleen Houck
I don't need poetry, prema. I just need to get near enough to touch you. -- Colleen Houck
Looks like Kelsey wins the award for early riser. And doesn't she look purtier than a pat of butter meltin' all over a stack of griddle cakes? -- Colleen Houck
You are my home, Kelsey. Wherever you are is where I belong. -- Colleen Houck
The white tiger will always be your protector, Kelsey. Good-bye priyatama. -- Colleen Houck
I could feel the warmth of his presence as if a soft blanket had been wrapped around my soul, around my heart. It held me and protected me. It sheltered me and I knew I wasn't alone anymore. -- Colleen Houck
Can I kiss you now?" he asked.
"I think you'd better, tiger," I replied. -- Colleen Houck
Don't do that again, he growled in my mind.
Smiling, I thought. You have to admit it was cool.
Cool? You are a devastatingly beautiful angel of death. If death came for me and it looked like you, I'd go willingly. -- Colleen Houck
The fact is ... I'm in love with you, and I have been for some time. -- Colleen Houck
I was just slipping my pajama top over my head when I heard Ren bellow, YOU ate ALL of my peanut ... butter ... COOKIES? -- Colleen Houck
We hopped back into the Jeep, and he drove us along a back road, which changed to a dirt road, which changed to gravel, which changed to two lines in the dirt, and then disappeared altogether. -- Colleen Houck
Perhaps if you'd been willing to experience love and had had a few years of happiness, you might have amounted to something. As it is, your life is rather pathetic. What a waste. -- Colleen Houck
Um ... perhaps I will go with Grandfather, Nilima said. She set down the scissors, looked at my expression, and then changed her mind and took them with her. -- Colleen Houck
I knew then that my future had always been Ren. -- Colleen Houck
You are my mere jaan, my life, Kelsey Hayes. -- Colleen Houck
Any creature, even one as unassuming as a fish, can become something mighty. When they courageously endure their trials, they meet their destiny. -- Colleen Houck
But, captivity is still captivity no matter how pretty the jail is. -- Colleen Houck
After the meal was done, the brothers moved slowly, as if drugged or sleepy, which made me wonder if it was similar to the post-turkey feeling on Thanksgiving Day. -- Colleen Houck
The battle lines are drawn, priyatama. The more formidable the foe, the sweeter the victory. -- Colleen Houck
Durga needs a tiger. -- Colleen Houck
The dangerous one was Ren. Innocent though the white tiger he appeared to be, he was a compelling predator. Utterly irresistible
like a Venus flytrap. So alluring, so tempting, so deadly. Everything he did was seductive and possibly hazardous to my health. -- Colleen Houck
And yes, I'll admit, I am jealous. I'm jealous of every minute you spend with him, of every concerned expression you send his way, of every tear shed, of every glance, every touch, and every thought. I want to rip him to pieces and purge him from your mind and from your heart. But I can't. -- Colleen Houck
Amon murmured against my neck, You taste like melted desert honey. -- Colleen Houck
Good-bye bilauta -- Colleen Houck
A quiet but indomitable voice behind me said, "I believe this is my dance." It was him. I could feel his presence. The warmth of him seeped into my back, and I quivered all over like spring leaves in a warm breeze. -- Colleen Houck
He looks like a runway model. How in the world am I going to be able to reject that? The world is so unfair. Seriously, it's like turning Brad Pitt down for a date. The girl who could actually do it should win an award for idiot of the century. -- Colleen Houck
A tiger only needs three things to be comfortable. Lots of food, sleep, and ... actually, no it's just those two things. -- Colleen Houck
My friends, we will be as fast as the wind, as silent as a forest, as ferocious as a fire, and as the mountain itself. -- Colleen Houck
I see a design similar in nature to the yin-yang symbol. The yin or dark side represents the female and the yang, which is the light side, represents the male. These two sides are in perfect balance and harmony with one another. -- Colleen Houck
You could probably use stitches on that one." Addressing both tigers, I scolded softly, "You two will probably get an infection and your tails will fall off. -- Colleen Houck
I didn't expect anything. I just wanted to be near her. The world outside fell away. Melted around us. Then, she kissed me.#Ren -- Colleen Houck
Don't forget, Lily, the sun always leads to life. To see the sunrise is to embrace life. The sunset is where you will find death. -- Colleen Houck
Kishan stretched out his hand and touched and earring lightly. His rakish pirate about-to-make-off-with-your-woman-and-what-do-you-think-you're-gonna-do-about-it look melted away to a soft smile that turned up the corner of his mouth. -- Colleen Houck
This water is more delicious than the soft kisses from the daubed lips of a dozen nubile maidens -- Colleen Houck
As a man, I instantly became aware of the gold in her hair, her height measured against mine, and how easily she'd fit in my arms. ~Ren -- Colleen Houck
Ren grinned. "So ... you and lady tigers, eh? Is there something you want share, Kishan?"
Kishan shoved a forkful of dinner into his mouth and mumbled, "How about I share my fist with your face?"
"Wow. Sensitive, I'm sure your lady tiger friends were all very attractive. So am I an uncle? -- Colleen Houck
So you do have some claws after all!' (Wyea)
'You have no idea,' Ren responded and charged. -- Colleen Houck
( ... )normalcy is an illusion. Each person is utterly unique. A standard of normalcy is something that most people of the world simply will never access. -- Colleen Houck
The generations rose and fell like so many waves upon the beach, and he stood alone, a rocky, unmovable sentinel, letting the waves of humanity pass him by, hardly noticing them at all. -- Colleen Houck
It does not matter if we acknowledge the sun; it contiues to shine reardless of the heed we give it. If my efforts go without recognitioun, then so be it. -- Colleen Houck
Don't allow yourself to become disheartened when the thread doesn't suit or seems unsightly to you. Wait and watch. Be patient and devoted. As the threads twist and turn, you will begin to understand, and you will see the pattern finally materialize in all its splendor. -- Colleen Houck
It's about bloody time, woman. -- Colleen Houck
If I were a Jedi, I had definitely turned to the dark side of the Force. -- Colleen Houck
Kishan shook his head. 'I'm not going to let you hurt her.'
'Hurt her? I'm not going to harm her. You, on the other hand, I'm going to destroy. -- Colleen Houck
This is something you can't deny. You belong with me. You're mine. -- Colleen Houck
I don't want you to see only a tiger when you look at me. I want you to see me. The man. -- Colleen Houck
One heartbeat passed and then another, and the moment felt hot and frozen at the same time. Then he smiled, and it was sunshine and heat and unspoken promises wrapped in a single expression. -- Colleen Houck
I'd expected his style to be exotic and very different from modern dancing, but I hadn't expected that he would be doing a male version of belly dancing. -- Colleen Houck
I suddenly felt vulnerable. Continuing the journey without Mr. Kadam left me anxious. It felt like the first day of high school all over again-if high school was one of the biggest countries in the world and everyone spoke a different language. -- Colleen Houck
Reality crashed into my brain: I'd never see my black tiger again.
P. 420, Kelsey -- Colleen Houck
Ren? I begged. Please don't leave me.
You are in my heart. Always. His warm voice whispered softly and then faded away. -- Colleen Houck
I've learned that it helps when you're in love with a mummy to pay attention to little things like curses, adder stones, and long-winded archaeologists. -- Colleen Houck
He was as beautiful a man as her was a tiger. -- Colleen Houck
A girl can still admire, can't she? Even those who can't afford to go in the store can still window-shop. Right? Knowing he wasn't for me didn't mean I couldn't covet the merchandise. -- Colleen Houck
Your heart knows. Your soul remembers. -- Colleen Houck
Thanks, now I have a wet T-shirt."
I felt his smile on the back of my neck. "Perhaps that was my intention. -- Colleen Houck
Don't make a feller wait too long. A feller waiting on a gal can get ornery'er than a huntin' dog that's tree'd it's squirrel. -- Colleen Houck
A desert lily need not turn jealous eyes toward the common violet. -- Colleen Houck
I once told Ren our story wasn't over.
And it's not.
Not yet. -- Colleen Houck
One day, if you make the most of it, can be more satisfactory than a lifetime squandered. -- Colleen Houck
She answered with a passion I didn't expect & I was lost. In that moment our hearts beat as one. In that moment I knew she loved me. #Ren -- Colleen Houck
A young man who doesn't have the foresight to seek out the girl he wants to be with and actively pursue her, doesn't deserve her. -- Colleen Houck
Eternity is a long time to exist without something to remember. -- Colleen Houck
I decided to find you, throw myself at your feet, and beg you to have mercy on me. Honestly, I'll accept whatever you choose, Kelsey. Just don't ask me to live apart from you again. Because ... I can't. -- Colleen Houck
Is it really you this time, Kells?"
"Well, I'm no maggoty corpse, if that's what you mean."
He grinned. "That's a relief. No maggoty corpse would be that sarcastic. -- Colleen Houck
Mae West, a famous vaudeville actress, once said, "A man's kiss is his signature." I grinned to myself. If that was true, then Ren's signature was the John Hancock of kisses. -- Colleen Houck
What is real and what is not is for your heart to decide and for your heart to know. -- Colleen Houck
Kishan kept his distance, but his come-hither eyes made my face burn. -- Colleen Houck
We throw away what we could have been and waste our opportunities. We each have a purpose, a destiny, and to realize it, we must reach beyond what we think we are capable of. -- Colleen Houck
The baby was always mine. You were always meant to be mine. -- Colleen Houck
A happy ending was promised, and a happy ending was delivered. -- Colleen Houck
I picked up the statue and looked at it from different angles. The eight arms were fearsome. Note to self: in a battle against Durga, run the other direction. -- Colleen Houck
I wrapped the unyielding woman I loved in my arms & kissed her slowly, hoping that some part of her would sense my absolute devotion. #Ren -- Colleen Houck
You know you are in love when you see the world in her eyes, and her eyes everywhere in the world. -- Colleen Houck
When we left Ren in the jungle it was like a
#Iscrewedupmydatewithadreamyguy +
#Iabandonedmypetonthesideoftheroad feeling.#Kelsey -- Colleen Houck
You don't take away my choices. You are my choice. -- Colleen Houck
I was dying. I knew it. At least the pain was gone. I wanted to tell him that I loved him. Then darkness overtook me ... -- Colleen Houck
My mind kept screaming, Not possible! Not possible! How did I get trapped in this bizarre situation? Oh, yeah. I volunteered. -- Colleen Houck
Oregon welcomed me like a beloved child, enfolded me in her cool arms, shushed my turbulent thoughts, and promised peace through her whispering pines. -- Colleen Houck
Uh, I have to warn you that I have an eye phobia. My parents had to hold me down to get drops in my eyes when I had pinkeye as a child -- Colleen Houck
I spent the rest of that day brainstorming. How do you catch a very old, very alert tiger by surprise? Use his weaknesses: food, feminine wiles, poetry, and over-protectiveness. The poor guy didn't stand a chance. -- Colleen Houck
She believed she was ordinary? Impossible! Any man with common sense would see what I do. The more she went on the angrier I became.#Ren -- Colleen Houck
Ren clasped Kishan's arm in his and said with a quiver in his voice,
"Yours in life, Kishan".
"Yours in death, Dhiren," Kishan finished. -- Colleen Houck
I raced alongside the car but they were too far down the road. Brokenheartedly, I roared out in hopelessness and grief. She was gone.#Ren -- Colleen Houck
We made it through the traps. Though dangerous, I'd go back through them all just to have her wrap her arms around me like that again.#Ren -- Colleen Houck
Softly, Kishan said, And it seems that the only girls I'm ever interested in ... always belong to Ren. -- Colleen Houck
I was immediately aware of her when she stood at the window but I didn't move at first. I wanted to look at her with my human eyes.#Ren -- Colleen Houck
Whew! You two are blowing hotter air than a tornado circlin' a volcano in Hades. -- Colleen Houck
And for Heaven's sake, do not wiggle! -- Colleen Houck
I feel ... and I have reason to believe ... that we could come to mean something to each other. -- Colleen Houck
He then put both hands on the door on either side of my head and leaned in close, pinning me against it. I trembled like a downy rabbit caught in the clutches of a wolf. The wolf came closer. He bent his head and began nuzzling my cheek. The problem was ... I wanted the wolf to devour me. -- Colleen Houck
It's like this ... a starving man would gladly eat a radish, right? In fact, a radish would be a feast if that's all he had. But if he had a buffet in front of him, the radish would never be chosen. -- Colleen Houck
I'd been so afraid of losing that I'd never tried to win. -- Colleen Houck
He moved in a dance with the cosmos, practicing the steps that would take him to the places he wanted to see. As he circled, he gained wisdom and became truly more than he'd been. -- Colleen Houck
Wow Kelsey!" Kishan whistled. "I'm going to have to beat the other guys of with a stick! -- Colleen Houck
I had no right to be in love. I had nothing to offer her. But reason drowned in the beat of my heart, and I asked permission to kiss her.#Ren -- Colleen Houck
Now turn around and go to sleep. I'm warning you that I plan to sleep with you in my arms all night long. -- Colleen Houck
Amon's dancing was like a mashup of Elvis and the Chippendales. -- Colleen Houck
What could I say to make this beautiful girl know how desperately I needed her? Practiced words fled my mind & I shamelessly begged.#Ren -- Colleen Houck
Well, first of all, you can't expect me to have coherent thoughts when you're touching me. Second, you're too ... good-looking. Good-looking people usually get what they want. -- Colleen Houck
I could fall recklessly, dangerously, in love with a guy like him. -- Colleen Houck
A poet can always find something good to write about. -- Colleen Houck
He was like a drug and what did you do with drugs You pushed them as far away as possible. -- Colleen Houck
Perhaps you three could continue this conversation when the ship is not under attack? Mr.Kadam said. -- Colleen Houck
Okay. So, apparently I find burly Indian men attractive. What's wrong with that? -- Colleen Houck
I know there are powers I can't discern and things that bend and shape us that we cannot see. -- Colleen Houck
Regrets are only felt by those who do not understand life's purpose. -- Colleen Houck
What would Ren do in Oregon? Would he get a job? What would he put on his resume? High Protector and former Prince of India? -- Colleen Houck
(She) whispered, "There is no escape from death." "No, there isn't," I admitted, "but there is still life. -- Colleen Houck
Thousands of beautiful women? Yes. Thousands of insects whose only purpose is to lure fish? No. -- Colleen Houck
Vampire sea horse monkeys? Are you serious? -- Colleen Houck
I don't mind being alone either. The only problem is that if you're always alone, you get lonely. -- Colleen Houck
When you have a life filled with love, you don't really need anything else -- Colleen Houck
Truth is I'm in love with you Kelsey, and I have been for some time. -- Colleen Houck
Hurt her? I'm not going to harm her. You, on the other, hand I'm going to destroy. -Ren -- Colleen Houck
Stop looking at me like that."
"Like what?"
"Like you're hunting me. I'm not an antelope. -- Colleen Houck
Why does everything so bad for you always taste so dreamy? -- Colleen Houck
( ... ) we must learn to accept that all creatures, however fearsome they may be, are of divine
origin. -- Colleen Houck
You look about as trapped as a piglet at a baby back ribs cookoff. -- Colleen Houck
Reliance soon became trust. Trust led to admiration. And then, before I was even aware it happened, admiration transformed into a longing that was at once terrific and terrible, and I realized I was in love. -- Colleen Houck
Kelsey went swimming. I rehearsed what I wanted to say, headed outside, & saw her hug Kishan. Insanely jealous, I broke the railing.#Ren -- Colleen Houck
Tarzan-like men are my weakness, apparently. -- Colleen Houck
Hard work keeps you grounded -- Colleen Houck
He seemed very pleased with himself for surviving a near-death experience. I could practically hear him chanting to himself: I overcame. I conquered. I'm a man etc etc. -- Colleen Houck
Promise you'll be happy. -- Colleen Houck