“When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.”

“She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He's like a dragon, ancient and fearless.”

“When the cold comes to New England it arrives in sheets of sleet and ice. In December, the wind wraps itself around bare trees and twists in between husbands and wives asleep in their beds. It shak...”

“...early on Monday evening, when the sky was the color of a velvet ribbon falling over the hills.”

“Children would beg for a peppermint drop each time he walked into town, and they'd follow behind, asking for a second and a third. When he died suddenly, while working late at his office, every boy...”

“...and so many orchards circled the village that on some crisp October afternoons the whole wold smelled like pie.”

“With all colors combined the world shines”

“Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?”

“It is when we think we can act like God, that all respect is lost, and I think this is the downfall of peace. We lie if we say we do not see color and culture and difference. We fool ourselves and ...”

“The man loves you with everything he has, everything he is. Eve, that means you can hurt him.”

“Youre all right, Blue Eyes. She lifted her head to look into them. Youre all right, down the line. You ever want a free bang, you got one coming.It would, no doubt be a memorable bang. But my wife ...”

“People have been sleeping and/or marrying their way to the top since the first cavewoman said: Ugh, that ones the strongest and has the biggest club. Ill shake my mastodon-skin-covered ass at him.U...”

“Saturday night is perfect for writers because other people have "plans.”

“Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.”

“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”