“Good God, you dont give up.Nope.I laughed, couldnt help it, and hissmile spread in response to the sound.Im sure there are plenty of girls whowant to go out on a date with you.There are.Wow. Modest...”

“I started to kiss him back, slower and clumsy where his had been sure, practiced. I was worried I was doing it wrong, but then a deep sound came from him, almost a growl and instinctively Iknew it ...”

“You'll be bereft without me.”

“Good, because if the guy isn't making you walk funny after sex, then probably isn't anything to write home to mom about.”

“We are your friends. It is the law of friendship that you tell us things you dont want to tell us.”

“His lips brushed my cheek, and I found it hard to concentrate."I lied earlier.""About what." His hands slid to my lower back."When I said you looked great? I wasn't completely honest." That was not...”

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

“This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.”