“You keep looking at me like that and we won't make it through dinner. I'll take you right there on that counter. No doubt you'd taste better.”

“Say yes. Open your eyes, see that it's me, and say yes.”

“I remain someone of little consequence, as if nothing more than dandelion fluff caught on a breeze.”

“I'm still the same guy you knew five minutes ago.”

“I want you. And I usually get what I want. I had to wait too long to have you already.”

“The time has come. I know you, and now you will know me. Ever Yours.”

“I will insist you be man enough to take it. I wont have you making light of my feelings, or making light of yourselfas if youre not worthy of them. Because you are worthy, Colin. Youre a generous, ...”

“I loved him, you know,' she said. 'I would have loved him as hard as he'd let me, for the rest of my life.”

“Why do yo keep doing this?""Because I've wanted to be with you for three years, okay? That's why.”

“But what was there to say?Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was a snuffling in the hollows at the base of a lovely t...”

“Trees quiver in the wind,sailing on a sea of mistout of earshot.”

“Just for future reference, don't use words like "love" anymore. It's a very sensitive word and it wears out quickly. Romeo barely says it, but John Hinckley filled up a whole journal with it. To pu...”

“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”

“Youll get over it Its the clichs that cause the trouble. To lose someone you love is to alter your life for ever. You dont get over it because it is the person you loved. The pain stops, there are ...”

“Its the same with people who say, Whatever doesnt kill you makes you stronger. Even people who say this must realize that the exact opposite is true. What doesnt kill you maims you, cripples you, l...”