“When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead.”

“You try spending six months sitting at somebody's bedside, waiting for them to die and then tell me that the happy-ending love story isn't one of God's good gifts.”

“Something snapped inside her. Of course Im afraid! Relationships do bad things to me. He started to respond, but the pain had gone on long enough, and she didnt want to hear it. You know what I wan...”

“Colin : Perhaps now is the time to tell you that I have a weakness for agreeable women.Sugar Beth : Well, that sure does leave me out.Colin : Exactly. With agreeable women, Im unendingly considerat...”

“[Colin to Sugar Beth] I put my heart on every page.”

“Now, now. Southern ladies dont French-kiss and tell.”

“I'm oxygen and he's dying to breathe.”

“Do not fall in love with people like me. I will take you to museums, and parks, and monuments, and kiss you in every beautiful place, so that you can never go back to them without tasting me like b...”

“It was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the sea,That a maiden there lived whom you may knowBy the name of ANNABEL LEE;And this maiden she lived with no other thoughtThan to love and be love...”

“He is one of those who has had the wilderness for a pillow, and called a star his brother. Alone. But loneliness can be a communion.”

“The power we were given to think, is to enable us to live better lives, not fool more people.”

“Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear.”

“I write because he needs to know.”