“He rubbed his hands up and down, warming her. Then thats all you need to know. I have you. If there are beasties in the dark, they have to get through me.”

“Izzy was utterly convinced. Never mind Arabian horses, African cheetahs. No creature in the world could bolt so quickly as a rake confronted with the word "marriage". They ought to shout it out at ...”

“Why must this be so mortifying? Oh, that's right. Because its my life.”

“Prithee," He protested, "if thou wouldst waiteth a goddamned second-”

“And she was well-enough acquainted with loneliness to understand that the worst part wasn't having nobody caring for you - it was having nobody to care for.”

“Izzy felt as though shed wandered into the third act of a play. She had no idea what was going on, but it was unbearably dramatic.”

“He rubbed his hands up and down, warming her. Then thats all you need to know. I have you. If there are beasties in the dark, they have to get through me.”

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”

“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”

“Fear is all in the mind”

“It is better to hug than shake hands.”

“You've got some power," Jakkin said. "One hugand the lights go out!”

“Human beings connect with a holy hug.”