“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.”

“once sailed neither the ship nor the shore ever remains the same again.”

“We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.”

“One day spent with someone you love can change everything.”

“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.”

“work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.”

“Happiness [is] only real when shared”

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”