“What he wanted was Megan wanting him... but not needing him. Not vulnerable to him. Sure as help not trying to leave him over and over again... and simply failing.”

“Upturned face.Parted lips. The good-night kiss he couldnt leave without. Only, Megans lips were stiff and unyielding. She didnt pull away. It might almost have been better if she had. Instead, shed...”

“Becausetruth?on the scale of significance, that stuff doesnt even register. What has me pushed past the boiling point...what has me really, really upset is learning the woman I thought was so incre...”

“marriage is an arrangement between like-minded parties. Its a partnership, not a love affair. I never lied to you or kept anything of importance from you.She looked at him then, almost stunned, as ...”

“Life is'nt about getting everything you want the instant you want it.Some thing are worth waiting for.”

“Because—truth?—on the scale of significance, that stuff doesn’t even register. What has me pushed past the boiling point...what has me really, really upset is learning the woman I thought was so in...”

“Love is always fresh as morning dew.”

“May you love blossom like a lily.”

“Over everything, I choose you”

“Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.”

“I know that the whole pointthe only pointis tofind the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse tolet them go.”

“No one lived forever. But you fought for every minute you could get. Bought a little more with a lot of hard work.”

“here she is, all mine, trying her best to give me all she can. How could I ever hurt her? But I didnt understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can...”

“Any happiness, no matter how brief, seemed better than the long, simmering torture of waking up day after day, knowing I could never have him.”

“Everyone always wants to know how you can tell when it's true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn't fade and the scars don't heal, and it's too damned late.”