“You love me, he said. Thats all I need to know. You always say the right thing, Savannah told him, her eyes so filled with love that he almost wept. Sometimes it takes you awhile to get to it, but ...”

“Im going to carry you now, he told her, so we can move even faster. Im not asking you, Im telling you. Any response from you is unnecessary and unwelcome.”

“Savannah, Ive been talking my ass off for more than an hour now, telling you shit no ones ever heard anything about, hoping that Ill say something, Jesus God, anything that will convince you to hav...”

“Do you think, she said, instead of having sex, we could make love?Id love that, Ken whispered.”

“If you want, I can carry you Im fine, she said shortly. Lets go.Hed said that wrong. He should have said, I want to carry you.”

“My favorite color is you.”

“Denim and doubt, cotton and caution, fell to the floor in a forgotten heap”

“She felt a feathery touch on her back and turn to see the man of her pleasures standing with her in the shower. Lost in her own thoughts, hed managed to sneak in unheard. She looked at him now. His...”

“What she wanted was right there, between them, pressed against her stomachso big and accessible and user-friendlyneatly covered and ready to go.”

“Im in, especially if theres a bad guy. Do I get to hurt a bad guy?”

“He was silent a moment; then he said, "I want a drink of water." She almost laughed aloud, because it was such a mundane request that could have been made of anyone, but then she saw the tension in...”

“Calmly, deliberately, he moved his hands down to her breasts and molded his fingers over them. Jay inhaled sharply, and he said, "Easy, easy," as he stroked the soft mounds. "Steve, no." But her ey...”