“The dead weren’t scary. It was the living you had to watch out for.” — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
“His eyes made her think of water at night—full of mysteries and hints, revealing little.” — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
It's okay to play turtle for a while, as long as you don't get too fond of your shell. — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
Regrets are the most useless form of guilt. They always arrive too late to do any good. — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
What?" She drew herself up, stern as a cat presented with the wrong food for dinner. — Eileen Wilks Cat Copy Share Image
He stared at the heart of his heart, the one woman in the world for him — Eileen Wilks Heart Copy Share Image
Isen wasn't a two birds with one stone kind of guy. More like one stone, two birds, a rabbit, a fox, and… — Eileen Wilks Animal Copy Share Image
We don't go to the ocean for anything as simple as happiness, do we? We go there to feel alive. Like life,… — Eileen Wilks Alive Copy Share Image
This was what she needed… the quiet turning to the other in the middle of the night, the wordless meeting of lips,… — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
She had of course, kept working. He liked to think she would have moved under the table to continue her task if… — Eileen Wilks Battle Copy Share Image
“Alex, seated on her left, was one of those men who acted like he‟d been issued a certain number of words at… — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
“When you’re raw you don’t want people studying your reactions, even if you’ve convinced yourself you’re just fine. Maybe especially then.” — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
“Feelings are not always a guide to truth, and guilt is an indulgence you cannot afford. It clouds the mind.” — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
“Death cuts off possibilities. Even if they were possibilities you never meant to act on, it feels different when they’re gone.” — Eileen Wilks Death Copy Share Image
Marriage and especially the ceremony which announces it, the wedding... That is how we say to the world, 'These two are now… — Eileen Wilks Ceremony Copy Share Image
“Nice to know a few things aren't in the government's files,' he said, opening the front door and stepping out ahead of… — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
“She wasn’t entertainment for him. He didn’t need her to make him laugh or bolster his ego or to figure him out… — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
“…the same kind of answers the stars are always trying to give us, she thought, when we look up and up at… — Eileen Wilks Astronomy Copy Share Image
“(Lily and Rule discussing wedding plans...) "You want to get married by Carl?" "Your father's cook?" "Yes, and I've been wanting to… — Eileen Wilks Doves Copy Share Image
“Walking was a habit he'd been unwilling to give up. He couldn't see the point in shutting himself up in a vehivle… — Eileen Wilks Habit Copy Share Image
“He closed the damn door and turned and stopped, looking at her. “Sometimes,” he said softly, and stopped, then started again, “I… — Eileen Wilks Beauty Copy Share Image
“This...all this, the room, the people here,the odd little pairs and groups they'd formed, the ways each was finding to connect the… — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
“I’m socially impaired. I get surprised all the time by people saying and doing irrational things. Take gay marriage. Why would some… — Eileen Wilks Close mindedness Copy Share Image
“I need to check your ankle.” “Ask.” “If you object, I—” “Giving me a chance to object is not the same as… — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
“She was talking about the future. About their future, as if it were settled and agreed upon that they would be together.… — eileen wilks Right words Copy Share Image
“She didn't take it well, I guess," Jasper said. "Hard to deliver that kind of news." "No...no, you don't understand. But then… — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
Fear and bigotry don’t need explaining. They simply are, like traffic jams and taxes. — Eileen Wilks Bigotry Copy Share Image
“Regrets are the most useless form of guilt," Cullen said. "They always arrive too late to do any good.” — Eileen Wilks Guilt Copy Share Image
