“You dont have to be involved with my parents. Not if you dont want to be. Yes, youre the father,but you arent my boyfriend or husband. My family is my problem.I do, he said, before he even realized...”

“Are you okay?She looked up, her eyes glistening. I just . . . I . . .Hey. He stood up and rounded the picnic table, sitting next to her on the bench. He wrapped hisarm around her, the feeling of he...”

“Hi. He turned and saw Kelsey standing in the door of the kitchen, looking . . . Well, she wasglowing. That pregnant woman glow, maybe? Or just the sun hitting her face at the right time. Eitherway,...”

“He found himself fighting the urge to reach out and take her chin between his thumb andforefinger. To tilt her head so that she had to look at him. So that her lips were so close to his a slightmov...”

“Kelsey breathed in deeply. He asked me to stay.Here?Yes.For how long?Until . . . until I want to leave, I guess. But he doesnt want me to go yet, and . . . Im thinking ofaccepting the offer.Now he ...”

“Tupperware? I dont know. Thats what my mom did.Well, my mom had to bring bigger containers for food when the family ate outdoors. But she usedthis when she and Dad . . .”

“The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each...”

“Tonight was... well, it was perfect for me too. You've turned my world upside down. I've fallen in love with you, chica, and it scares the fuckin' shit outta me. I've been shakin' all night, becaus...”

“Love must not entreat,' she added, 'or demand. Love must have the strength to become certain within itself. Then it ceases merely to be attracted and begins to attract.”

“You like me not because I like you. I like you just because I like me.”

“Maybe the truth is I really want to like you instead.”

“If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.”

“Words without warmth are dead words.”