“And everyone is always saying that marriage is really hard and takes a lot of work. But the thing is, when you know that you love someone, those things dont matter. You have to push all the everyda...”

“This was fun. We should find out we're still married more often.""Why, so every day can be a special new plunge into hell?""Nobody I'd rather burn with than you, babe.”

“Sounds like a plan. I owe Tammy a big thank-you. Ty sighed. I think Im too old for this bachelor party crap.Well be planning yours soon enough.That was so not appealing, Ty was almost scared. Lets ...”

“And the thing is, we cant fail. Weve already hit the bottom and come out of it. From here on out, if we just love and listen, we cant go wrong, babe.”

“Did I ever tell you the difference between a Northern fairy tale and a Southern one?" she asked him, indulging herself and letting her head rest on his shoulder. God, he felt good. Her man. Where h...”

“Why? she whispered. Why should I dance with you?Because I love you. Because I love you so much Im willing to do whatever it takes to make it go differently this time.... "Because we should be a mar...”

“The women looked from one to the other, knowing what the men didnt know. We knew the heartbeat and interior graces, compensation for our own clumsiness; the beatitude as we renounced our bodies, ou...”

“The condom broke. I know how stupid that sounds. It's the reproductive version of the dog ate my homework.”

“After a good roll in the hay, when hes all peaceful and serene and he hasnt a worry or a care in the world, and the euphoric calm of release is drifting through his cerebrum, thats when you broadsi...”

“Sex can be used either for self-affirmation or for self-transcendence either to intensify the ego and consolidate the social persona by some kind of conspicuous embarkation and heroic conquest, or...”

“He didn't know all that much about how the machinery worked anyway. Such knowledge was for specialists. In war, as in love, he was a fearless, happy-go-lucky adventurer.”

“If she did experience sex--or something close to it--in high school, I'm sure it would have been less out of sexual desire or love than literary curiosity.”