“Because if I fell any deeper for the way his eyes crinkled with his smile or his habit of tapping on his nose to emphasize a point, my ship would be sunk.”

“Too late; my awkwardness had already made an unforgettable appearance, so, of course, I couldnt be let off the hook.”

“What bothered me the most was the hesitation in his voice when he said that like he was running out of time.”

“If youre supposed to work with someone, Id recommend not getting all hot and bothered with them the night before. The word of the day was tense.”

“The choice lay out for me. Stay on land or plunge into the icy depths of the sea. I always chose the sea.”

“He looked so frustrated and perfectly serious, and yet here we were talking about his missing seal pelt.”

“Dialogue is about freeing human beings from the beliefs and attitudes that make human beings miserable.”

“I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies of mankind. And I continue to cling to words because it is up t...”

“One says the things which one feels the need to say, and which the other will not understand: one speaks for oneself alone.”

“I think of you only twice a day - when I am alone and when I am with someone else.”

“Yet I cant bring myself to derail from her nor can I reject what I feel in the most primitive parts of me: hope. Because thats what I feel with her, hope that the world can get better. Hope that a ...”

“A flirtatious soul misses the point of intimate trust relations.”

“I don't know if anyone's ever told you this", he begins. He doesn't blush, and his eyes don't dart away. Instead I find myself staring into a pair of oceans - one perfect, the other blemished by th...”

“Im stuck babysitting turtle eggs while a volleyball player slash grease monkey slash aquarium volunteer tries to hit on me. Im not hitting on you, he protested.No?Believe me, youd know if I was hit...”

“Sam laughed, a funny, self-deprecating laugh. "You did read a lot. And spent too much time just inside the kitchen window, where I couldn't see you very well.""And not enough time mostly naked in f...”