“What a woman you are, he murmured, and she heard the emotion in it, theway the Irish thickened just a bit in his voice. And saw it in those vivid eyes when he drew back. That you would think of thi...”

“You're aunt's just--what is it--down the hall. You know damn well this place isn't soundproofed.""You'll just have to be quiet." He gave her ribs a deliberate tickle that made her jump and yelp. "O...”

“Minute by minute, then hour by hour, then day by day. Work is solace," he said, "friends are comfort. Life is for the living. You and I know that, even though we spend so much time with the dead - ...”

“Marriage isn't for the weak or lazy. It's work, and it should be. What would be the point otherwise?”

“I said, you're the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul.”

“Marriage isn't for the weak or lazy. It's work, and it should be. What would be the point otherwise?”

“Every great love starts with a great story...”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extend...”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”