“He caught her staring and waggled his eyebrows. Heat flooded her cheeks, and she worked to recover. The minivan suits you. I think you should get one.Sweetheart, I already have to beat the ladies o...”

“A guy approached her, beer bottle in one hand, smiling at her in that way guys do when they think theyre good- looking enough to smile and get anything they want. My friend and I were just talking ...”

“In other words, he looked like uniformed police hotness, and she wasnt entirely uninterested in being cuffed. Wait. Thats a bad thought. I dont mean it. She took him in again, her throat suddenly d...”

“You started that one.”Her mouth dropped open. “I didn’t say anything!”“Sweetheart, your eyes said it all.” He lowered his hand from his cuffs and jerked his chin out toward the darkness lit with tw...”

“In other words, he looked like uniformed police hotness, and she wasn’t entirely uninterested in being cuffed. Wait. That’s a bad thought. I don’t mean it. She took him in again, her throat suddenl...”

“and our few good times will be rare because we have the critical senseand are not easy to fool with laughter”

“To be happy--one must find one's bliss”

“and we laugh and laugh andall I know isat this moment I feel likeI can do anything I wantand be anyone I wantand go anywhere on the globeand still call it home”