“His eyes made her think of water at night—full of mysteries and hints, revealing little.” — Eileen Wilks Eyes Think 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 Long Copy Share Image
“Not knowing… that could be as hard to handle as despair.” — Eileen Wilks Hard to handle 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
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
How to put this feeling, this certainty, into something as limited as words? — Eileen Wilks Certainty 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
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
“Feelings are not always a guide to truth, and guilt is an indulgence you cannot afford. It clouds the mind.” — Eileen Wilks Eileen-wilks Copy Share Image
“Am I supposed to want you this much? Nadia. You are supposed to have me anytime, anywhere, any way you wish.” — Eileen Wilks Lily-yu Copy Share Image
“This time he just inhaled, deep and luxurious. The inhale was to fill up on her scent, she knew. The exhale was… — Eileen Wilks Time Copy Share Image
Dogs make sense. They understand hierarchy and the need to cooperate. They come when you call them. A cat though—a cat will… — Eileen Wilks Cat Copy Share Image
“He wanted slow. He wanted lingering and teasing, and she was not in a patient mood. As with so much in a… — Eileen Wilks Compromise Copy Share Image
Women were complicated creatures. Any man who thought he had one figured out simply wasn’t paying attention, — Eileen Wilks Attention 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
“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 Relationship Really 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
“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
Living does not undo life. Death does not, either. Life and death are not either-or. — Eileen Wilks Death Copy Share Image
“There is no place on you I can’t love, and love grants me entry . . .” — Eileen Wilks Entry Copy Share Image
Hating politics was like hating the weather. Pointless, since both were inevitable. — Eileen Wilks Hate Copy Share Image
Don't call the man a claustrophobe just because small spaces scare him. Right. — Eileen Wilks Men Copy Share Image
I do love you. I think you know that, but just in case...I love you. — Eileen Wilks Cases Copy Share Image
Humans were peculiar. They were by turns squeamish and appallingly violent. — Eileen Wilks Humans Copy Share Image
“What was romance but a lovely bit of play between man and woman?” — Eileen Wilks Man and woman Copy Share Image
“It’s possible to possess great integrity and be wrong. To do the wrong thing for the right reasons. Integrity is—it’s about being… — Eileen Wilks Integrity Copy Share Image
My feelings were hurt. Once I started I couldn't seem to let it go. Be strange if the person who matters most… — Eileen Wilks Feelings Copy Share Image
“The dead weren’t scary. It was the living you had to watch out for.” — Eileen Wilks Dead Copy Share Image
“Too tall, standing up. In bed he was very much the right size.” — Eileen Wilks Lily-yu Copy Share Image
