“Ava turned to the side, staring out into the dark. In profile, her face was suddenly tired and sad, and Cole felt the urge to wrap himself around her. To protect her from whatever was dragging her ...”

“She turned his hand over, tracing letters into his palm. IL.O.V.EY.O.U”

“Yeah... everything is images for me. Bits and pieces coming together in pictures. He grinned. I see good fortune as dragons, and... he turned the cup, pointing at a rippling shape along the edge, a...”

“Make a wish, Oliver said, gesturing to the upturned cup, and turn it clockwise three times.”

“She turned his hand over, tracing letters into his palm. I…L.O.V.E…Y.O.U…”

“Make a wish,” Oliver said, gesturing to the upturned cup, “and turn it clockwise three times.”

“For a long time, they sat without speaking. The air outside was filled with the lilting sound of sparrows, the buzz of traffic on Main Street, and under that the faint lapping of waves on the lakes...”

“If you can't win by reason, go for volume.”

“She meant that they'd never used words like "separation" and "divorce" even in their worst screaming matches. They yelled things like, "You're infuriating!" "You don't think!" "You are the most ann...”

“I think you still love me, but we cant escape the fact that Im not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So Im not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. Im not angry, eithe...”

“I will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I deserve better than that; I AM BETTER THAN THAT...Goodbye.”

“Sometimes you want to say, I love you, butYet the but takes away the I love you. In love their are no buts or ifs or when. Its just there, and always. No beginning, no end. Its the condition-less s...”

“I dreamed of you every night. It felt so real. And when I'd wake up the next morning, it was like your disappearance was fresh. Like you'd left me all over again.”

“Precipitate as weather, she appeared from somewhere, then evaporated, leaving only memory.”

“Very happy or unhappy, people disappear.”