“Marry me, Kiara, he blurts out in front of everyone.Why? she asks, challenging him.Because I love you, he says, walking up to her and bending down on one knee while he takes her hand in his, and I ...”

“Nobody really knows herExcept the chosen fewHer secrets are kept hiddenBehind that sun-kissed hue.If I reach out to touch herShell just run awayMy Forever and AlwaysWill have to wait another day.”

“Alex and Carlosthe tag team from hell. Theyre the last people I need shit from right now. If they decide to trail me, too, Ill have an entire entourage.Im fine.Then sit up and talk to us.Okay, in t...”

“Theres always time for arguin when youre a Fuentes.”

“The percentage of couples who stay together after high school is, like, less than five percent, you guys.”

“What are you boys doing? she asks, as if were still little kids messing around.Arguin, Carlos says matter-of-factly.”

“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.”

“Imagine," she said, after registering, "a whole city of gorgeous Italian guys. They can say anything to me, and it'll be sexy." "You'll be so easy," Rashmi said. "Would you like-ah to order-ah the ...”

“Jennifer now understood the meaning of the cadence: the black and white drawing, the watercolor painting,and the notes. The cadence had at last developed into a concerto for violin, the instrument ...”

“I spent the period reading the first novel assigned for English. And wow. If I hadn't realized I was in France yet, I do now. Because Like Water for Chocolate has sex in it. LOTS of sex.”