“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 look at you and my heart pounds, when for years, I don't think it beat at all. You fill the cracks and crevices, take away the emptiness. And when you're not by my side, the loss is unimaginable.”

“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.”

“Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.”

“Silence is never an admission. We learn that in law school.”

“Yes, best friend of mine. I am the famous photographer you've admired for years, and the man who's admired you.”

“She wasnt exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew for sure was that right here and now, she was falling hard and she could only pray that he was feeling the same way.”

“First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.”

“Sometimes you break your heart in the right way, if you know what I mean.”

“When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for t...”

“You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?'I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinacy to implore...”

“Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying youre friends is easy. Being friends is not.”