“You love me, he said. Thats all I need to know. You always say the right thing, Savannah told him, her eyes so filled with love that he almost wept. Sometimes it takes you awhile to get to it, but ...”

“Im going to carry you now, he told her, so we can move even faster. Im not asking you, Im telling you. Any response from you is unnecessary and unwelcome.”

“Savannah, Ive been talking my ass off for more than an hour now, telling you shit no ones ever heard anything about, hoping that Ill say something, Jesus God, anything that will convince you to hav...”

“Do you think, she said, instead of having sex, we could make love?Id love that, Ken whispered.”

“If you want, I can carry you Im fine, she said shortly. Lets go.Hed said that wrong. He should have said, I want to carry you.”

“My favorite color is you.”

“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.”