“Spence, he says as he lifts his brown eyes to meet mine. You still make it hard to breathe. And you, I say, swallowing as I try to rein in my overeager heart, are still the same old charmer you alw...”

“Those ties...those ties are forever, and I never wanted to be connected to any other person so permanently. Forever was always meant for you and me, Spence.”

“I want the strings. I want the ball and fucking chain. I want to be so tied to you that you cant ever slip away from me again.”

“that kid may not carry my DNA, but by God, I dont care. I love that little shit like my own and I want to be his daddy.”

“Tear filled eyes glisten in the firelight. Shes so fucking beautiful that it hurts to look at her, but its an ache I hope to feel for as long as I live, because the pain of losing her again...that ...”

“I want to rip the rest of those buttons open and climb him like a monkey in a banana tree. Oh God, what I would do with his banana...”

“Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.”

“Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.”

“Aside from the obvious, Francesca, what do you want in return for supplying information? Bones asked, getting back to the subject. You to take me, she replied at once. Not gonna happen! I spat, squ...”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”

“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.”