“Her face crumpled and he felt her pain as if it was his own. He wanted to take it back, but just like that memory, it was always going to be there. She worked to get control over her features, then...”

“Lucy gripped her chilled glass of orange and raspberry juice. When Rebecca talked about Austen, shed mostly mentioned Mr. Darcy or Mr. Knightley. She hadnt really thought of the doe-eyed, pale-skin...”

“Lucy rubbed her back, a feeling of panic tightening her chest. She was the last person to give love advice. She hadnt done anything but pine for Jem since hed gone, and done nothing but pine for hi...”

“Ah, a romantic. Danny leaned back, threading his fingers behind his head. I used to be one, until my wife died. And then I was just pathetic.”

“Maybe I should have got some chili-slaw dogs from Shortys. Everybody loves those. Buddy, Lars said, dropping his shoes to the deck with a thump, sit yourself down and stop fussing. Youre reminding ...”

“I have a bad feeling about this, she said. Well fake it. And if push comes to shove, we can just sing Goober Peas and waltz around. Rebecca might not find that very funny. Rebecca is a Northerner....”

“every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.”

“I've never heard anyone say "I wish I hadn't forgiven.”

“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness an...”

“No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves it is the woman only who can make it a torment. ”

“What on earth did you say to Isola? She stopped in on her way to pick up Pride and Prejudice and to berate me for never telling her about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Why hadn't she known there ...”

“Maria was married on Saturday. In all important preparations of mind she was complete, being prepared for matrimony by a hatred of home, by the misery of disappointed affection, and contempt of the...”

“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...”