“I was falling in love with her, and she was falling in love with me. It was fated, decided before any of us were born, and I hated it as much as I loved it. I could barely stand it. (Eric)”

“One moment of true happiness was worth all the moments of pain. (Jessica)”

“Fate was a reality, but it wasnt a beautiful or angelic thing. It was a heart-wrenching nightmare. And wed fallen blindly into it. We had no escape. It was happening, and it was up to me to guarant...”

“I wasnt sure what was worse: being oblivious or living within reality. (Eric)”

“Dont trust anybody elseno matter how close you are to them. (Eric)”

“I wanted to protect her, and, if I couldnt do that, Id at least be there for her. (Eric)”

“Anna thought about the men outside on the gallery. She was glad they were there; finding them smoking and talking quietly had been comforting, it was what men did in the evenings when the work was ...”

“Her arms groped forward to guide her when her tears blocked her vision in darkness. Then she couldn't run any more. She sank to her knees and began to cry in her terror. She wanted Gary.She suddenl...”

“Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urnThrows up a steamy column and the cupsThat cheer but not inebr...”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”