“If I looked like him, Tara said. Id want to have sex with myself. All the time.”

“Sorry, he said. Let me drop the belt-"No. She held on when he would have pulled away. Dont. I like it. Again, he lifted her face, and he smiled. The tool belt turns you on. No. She closed her eyes ...”

“Whos there?The scratcher of your itch, he said.She opened the door a crack and stuck her nose out. Was that supposed to be romantic?”

“Okay, first of all, I didnt sleep with you to make amends. I slept with you because I wanted to.He still didnt say anything, and she pointed at him again. And you know what? It was your own damn fa...”

“Sounds like you kids have some talking to do. I'll be eavesdropping from the kitchen.”

“I chose the path less traveled but only because I was lost. Carry a map. - Phoebe Traeger”

“Wars fought over a face like this, he murmured like he was talking to himself, my heart stopped beating and his thumbs moved lightly across my cheeks. A man would work himself into the ground for i...”

“Okay, first of all, I didnt sleep with you to make amends. I slept with you because I wanted to.He still didnt say anything, and she pointed at him again. And you know what? It was your own damn fa...”

“And I wake up happy, baby, because I possess beauty and I own that beauty in all the forms it can take and the least important of those are physical.”

“It didnt matter that she didnt live here, that a relationship was out of the question. It was probably because a relationship wouldnt happen that he could let himself get this close. He wrapped his...”

“she was afraid of how he made her feel, because he made her feel way too much”

“Her heart unfolded in her chest, took in all of him, and closed tightly, unwilling to let him go”

“Don't get your panties in such a twist... and give me back mine.”

“Listen, I'm bossy. I can't help it. It's who I am and what I do. I'm pushy and I like to take over. But I'm going to work really hard not to do so much and your going to try and accept me the way I...”

“Possess. Have. Hold. Enjoy. Control. Dominate. Pick your verb, Ms. Fairchild. I intend to explore so very many of them.”