Mary Jo Putney

Once you can fake sincerity, you can fake anything.

— Mary Jo Putney

“Softly he continued, "You need to ask God for forgiveness. That's His job, isn't it? To forgive imperfect humankind. You are quick…

— Mary Jo Putney

Like cats and ice cream, showers were among life's simple, uncomplicated pleasures.

— Mary Jo Putney

“Once we begin our journey, it would be appropriate if you show a groveling desire to please your employer.” Juliet raised her…

— Mary Jo Putney

“The moment was like a tear in the fabric of their love play; underneath, the dark waters of past and future anguish…

— Mary Jo Putney

“Don't need a knife or gun or poison to break a man's heart.”

— Mary Jo Putney

“But she had never known that a man could want a woman and not take her because he did care. There was…

— Mary Jo Putney

“The only power she wanted over him was the power to make him happy. . . . She wanted them to be…

— Mary Jo Putney

“Winning her would be like coaxing a butterfly to land on his hand. Patience, gentleness, and perhaps a prayer or two would…

— Mary Jo Putney

“Things have been going wrong for years. Only desperation could have driven me to seek the aid of a reprobate like you."…

— Mary Jo Putney

“Because you loved, you promised. You must try harder to keep that promise.”

— Mary Jo Putney

“Lie back and enjoy, Clarissima. Last night was a synopsis. Now it's time for the unabridged version.”

— Mary Jo Putney

“Lady Alys, you have dimples,” he said accusingly. Caught, Alys blushed. “I’m sorry, I can’t help it. I think God made a…

— Mary Jo Putney

“I’ve been called many things in my life, but never a sacrificial penguin.”

— Mary Jo Putney

“If he chose, he could help this girl, but what was the point of saving one little whore? It would make no…

— Mary Jo Putney

“A certain skill at billiards is the mark of a gentleman, but to play too well is the sign of a misspent…

— Mary Jo Putney

“form, not the crashing waves far below at the base of the cliff. She looked eerily like the sketch that Kenneth had…

— Mary Jo Putney

“Children often sang, adults seldom. At what age did the singing stop?”

— Mary Jo Putney

What one loves in childhood stays in the heart forever.

— Mary Jo Putney

“Men are imperfect creatures, aren't they? But they are the only opposite sex we have, so we must make the best of…

— Mary Jo Putney

“Something must be done about the food.” Seeing his speculative glance Clare laid down her fork and gave him a warning scowl.…

— Mary Jo Putney

“To love and be loved is the most powerful of human needs Clare Morgan”

— Mary Jo Putney

Life is a good deal more comfortable if one doesn't expect it to be fair.

— Mary Jo Putney

“If you allow an experienced man of the world to introduce you to passion when you want him more than he wants…

— Mary Jo Putney

we all grow up thinking our parents found us under cabbage leaves and that sex didn't exist before our personal coming-of-age.

— Mary Jo Putney