“Fire and ice licked at his soulwhispered his namedrawing him deeper into the enveloping pain and blackness as hed dreamed earlier. He suddenly wished to return to the rippling stream. The water wou...”

“Even as she began to slip into the gloaming of her life, the primal need to liveto survive...clawed at her soul.”

“If a soul could drown in its own tears, then hers was already dead.”

“You want to show me your wrath? You want to hurt me, so show me. We can take this to the bedroom if you likethe bed might be reduced to kindling, but Im willing to take that chance. Now fight me, h...”

“Laney, why do I believe you transcend the ordinary? Why do I look at you, and expect to see a faade fall away, revealing something much more than even the extraordinary? Tell me."Elaine flushed, he...”

“Somehow everything always came down to time, she realized with perfect lucidity. There was either too much or too little. It either passed too quickly or too slowly. It didnt belong to anyoneit was...”

“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.”

“Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.”

“So its true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.”

“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.”

“Nothing forces us to knowWhat we do not want to knowExcept pain”

“Doesn't it seem that it is always by chance that these things happen, or is it because of the generosity of a shared knowledge of suffering that allows for it?”

“Wisdom is not making life any harder than it has to be.”