“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.”

“To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.”

“art is risk made visible”

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

“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.”

“She was an idiot. An adorable, gorgeous, feisty, funny, sweet, sexy idiot.”

“Did you miss me?A little bit, she said with a shrug.You have tears running down your cheeks, he said with a grin. I think you missed me more than a little.”

“I don't know what the future holds. I only know that I want to be with you. You and me. Everything else is negotiable.”