“The man who gets Mara gets you and Billie. Im that man. What you gotta get is, while fallin in love with Mara, I fell in love with you and your sister. Straight up, Bud, no lie. The feelings I feel...”

“Mara, his arms gave me a squeeze, baby, youve got to live in the now. Not in your head. Not controlled by your fears. You cant live for what might happen five months in the future. You got issues y...”

“When she heard about Mitch, it was Roberta that talked me into making the pizza.You have to! shed nearly shrieked. She did this because Id waxed on perhaps a little too enthusiastically about Mitch...”

“Id once had a long-term relationship with a Five Point Five that got nowhere near living together. This was because I was a Two Point Five, he was a Five Point Five and he wanted a Nine Point Five....”

“Mitch---""All right, baby, I'll shut you up."Then he did, his head slanting and his lips taking mine in a repeat performance of the open-mouthed, knock my socks off, rock my world, best kiss in the...”

“You sleep okay, sweetie?” “Miss my teddy,” Billie replied. Personally, I thought Detective Mitch Lawson was far superior to a tiny pink teddy bear but I wasn’t six years old.”

“Every great love starts with a great story...”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extend...”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”