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“She didnt see me because of the reflection on the store windows, and she wouldnt know me in this car anyway. In fact, she probably wouldnt know me with shaggy hair and the beginnings of a beard. So...”
“Heres what I learned about life when we were going through that. Were all human and mortal. Were all going to suffer and die. But its how we are with each other during those times that proves Gods ...”
“I found I could only glance at him for tiny moments and then I had to look away. He was perfect enough to hurt my feelings for a long time, and I wanted to let him.”
“Then let me be your mercy, he said. Ill never be able to give you smart answers about why we suffer, but I can come into your world and try to be some kind of help to you.”
“He ran his hand from my wrist up to the crook of my elbow and then to my shoulder. When I was a little kid, my dad would come to my room at night to say a prayer with me. He used to say, Lord, We k...”
“I finally understood why so much monkey business happened in the backs of buses. Put us in close proximity, with wheels spinning under us, and nothing to do but wait, were going to start thinking o...”
“Is there one in particular, Tennyson? Henry said, ducking out from under her arm. I could arrange a meeting. Yeah, the one from Texaswhats his name?That would be Dylan. But hes a nice guy and youd ...”
“Next to the first Henry and Meg, Henry had written, Promise? Well, that genies out of the bottle and theres no stuffing her back in.”
“His room was dark until he switched on his desk lamp. I sat on the floor next to his bed and watched him counting clothes and considering shoes. He seemed so boyish right thenlike he wished his mom...”
“I pretended to be a Cheyenne guide. I pretended to be a prairie woman. I pretended Henry was my old-timey husband taking me to our new homestead. I leaned down and patted Troubles neck. Good boy, I...”
“I'm thinking there should be a dating site called "Tap That" - Jonathan "Jack" McVoy”
“Id never seen him bare-chested. For the first time, he seemed vulnerable to me. His smooth, tight skin wrapped around the long muscles hed developed over a lifetime of hard work. He found a shallow...”
“I smiled at him. Not even Wyatt would have known how to be this honorable when talking about a girl that had hurt him.”
“We were sitting outside at our favorite Italian restaurant, Callinis, one Friday lunch when Sam revealed to me what his ideal female looked like. A few women walked by and Sam used words like big l...”
“Hmmm. What youre saying is that youve never been kissed? He picked at a string on the blanket under us.”
“He carried her over the Owl Creek mountain range without stopping, he said, quietly this time. He carried her until he reached one of the hot springs around what became Chapin, and then he walked i...”
“All in all, the lunch date was fine. Like an opened can of soda in its second hour. If you were thirsty, you might take a sip or two, but I carried more hopes walking in to the restaurant than I di...”
“Tell her that you love her hair, that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, you love them more than you love your own.”
“Its so evident to me now that just because someone is a great guy doesnt guarantee well make a great couple, no matter how much I work at it and want it.”
“I am single because I am allergic for cursing words and bad table manners”
