“Put that thing down, girl. Don't you know it steals part of your soul, that little mechanical masterpiece you hold so frivolously? Don't you know it's not just mine it seals into its gears and tric...”

“While gently pushing her towards the dressing room, Lazarus ventured, "Can I ask you something kind of personal?"Pulling her shirt over her head behind the curtain, and holding her hand out for the...”

“Cowboy Rodeo was a very simple man. He liked his life simple. He liked his ranch full of animals, he liked the breeze across the plains, and he liked when the sun rose and set. He liked strong, col...”

“What was it you told me, Jesus? she asked him softly. Do you remember? Love is love is love. Pain is pain is pain. Knowledge is knowledge. It doesnt matter what shape or form it takes, what matters...”

“It wasn't so much that Lola Plum believed she'd learned her lesson in love. Lola Plum was just realistic about life.”

“Once upon a time there was a man with no heart. Drifting through black-and-white life, caring naught for those hurt, and never, ever allowing another near enough to hurt him. Until, on the least li...”

“What was it you told me, Jesus? she asked him softly. Do you remember? Love is love is love. Pain is pain is pain. Knowledge is knowledge. It doesnt matter what shape or form it takes, what matters...”

“What was it you told me, Jesus?” she asked him softly. “Do you remember? Love is love is love. Pain is pain is pain. Knowledge is knowledge. It doesn’t matter what shape or form it takes, what matt...”

“Why are old lovers able to become friends? Two reasons. They never truly loved each other, or they love each other still.”

“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.”