“She wasnt sure if she even needed him anymore and the thought made her sad. In consolation, she offered him a kind smile and reached for his dependable hand.”

“What is this place?Heaven. She laughed, with better drinks!”

“Seeing him again had been a gut punch.”

“You want me to paint you? Genna spoke up raising an eyebrow of displeasure.All of me. James bowed his head to Genevieve and whispered the words slowly.”

“Stop saying hurt. She turned on him; the wounded animal finally breaking free. You fall over on the pavement, that hurts; you stub your toe, that hurts; you trap your finger in a car door, shit, th...”

“Are you in love with him?She kept her lips tightly closed as if holding something back.Are you in love with me?She tried to answer but nothing came out. She lowered her eyes to the floor.”

“Any man's a fool who lets himself be a wage-earning slave, today.”

“If love is like a possession, maybe my letter are like my exorcisms”

“I had fallen too far. I was in love with Rush Finlay.”

“When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.”

“If I discover within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”

“sex is the consolation you have when you can't have love”

“every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.”

“I've never heard anyone say "I wish I hadn't forgiven.”

“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness an...”