She'd stood by that creed. No softness, because the world wasn't soft; lots of laughter, because if you were in on the joke, the joke couldn't be on …

- Connie Brockway

I want you cool and regal, earthy and impertinent, spoiling for a fight and abashed at your own temper. I want you flushed with exertion and rosy wit…

- Connie Brockway

You can figure out what the villain fears by his choice of weapons.

- Connie Brockway

Give me a strong back, over a soft heart.

- Connie Brockway

No one ever fell in love gracefully.

- Connie Brockway

And enigmatic smile is worth ten pages of dialog.

- Connie Brockway

You are my country, Desdemona. ... My Egypt. My hot, harrowing desert and my cool, verdant Nile, infinitely lovely and unfathomable and sustaining.

- Connie Brockway

Find out what people want to do, then tell them to do it. They'll think you're a genius.

- Connie Brockway

An intelligent lady, a little too mature for recklessness, a little too young for caution.

- Connie Brockway