“Blake took her face in his hands. You let me touch you. Kiss you. Your skin? It feels like piano keys. My hands know just where to go.”

“You make the rest of the beautiful things in the world cry for even trying at all. You make it hard for me to breathe.”

“True love, the kind that lasts forever, is very rare indeed. It takes compromise, continued growth, and trust.”

“Sendak is in search of what he calls a "yummy death". William Blake set the standard, jumping up from his death bed at the last minute to start singing. "A happy death," says Sendak. "It can be don...”

“Aurora! Dad came running out.Over here.Were going to head home. Dad leaned against a post at the bottom of the steps. Hey, guys. Whatre you talking about?I smiled. Justgirl stuff.Tampons, Blake blu...”

“Im glad we can be friends.Theres that word again. Its like a safe word.”

“The man loves you with everything he has, everything he is. Eve, that means you can hurt him.”

“Youre all right, Blue Eyes. She lifted her head to look into them. Youre all right, down the line. You ever want a free bang, you got one coming.It would, no doubt be a memorable bang. But my wife ...”

“People have been sleeping and/or marrying their way to the top since the first cavewoman said: Ugh, that ones the strongest and has the biggest club. Ill shake my mastodon-skin-covered ass at him.U...”

“The worlds most successful people didnt wait for someone else to pick them, but instead, they picked themselves.”

“Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.”

“Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to say something, your worth, and your identity shouldnt rely on it, because its not guaranteed and its not permane...”