“Strano come certi ridicoli rituali appaiano perfettamente sensati quando si è innamorati.”

“I have church on Sunday.”“Of course you do.”“You’re welcome to come along.”“Thanks, but I’m allergic to incense.”“That’s a shame.”“It’s the bane of my existence.”- Beth and Jake”

“Oh, man,” Xavier groaned. “See what you’ve done–now I’m stressing.””You can’t! You’re the stable one!”Xavier laughed and I realized his distress had been feigned to illustrate a point. He wasn’t worried in the slightest.”Just relax. Go and run a bath or have a shot of brandy.””Okay.””That second bit was a joke. We both know you can’t hold your liquor.”

“If you’re worried about safety, you might like to follow my example and put on that seat belt.””The what?”Xavier shook his head in disbelief.”You worry me,” he muttered.”

“Sit, Phantom!” Ivy cooed. “On your bottom!””Oh, for goodness’ sake!” Gabriel put down his book and pointed a longer finger at Phantom. “Sit,” he commanded in a deep voice. Phantom looked sheepish and sank straight to the floor.Ivy scowled in frustration. “I’ve been trying to get him to do that all day! What is it with dogs and male authority?”

“Molly: So how do you think of Bryce Hamilton crowd so far? Boys hot enough for you?Bethany: I wouldn’t say hot. Most of them seem to have a normal body temperature.”

“I prayed for all his dreams to come true. I prayed that I would always be able to connect with him–even if I was no longer on earth.”

“To make one person the center of your world is bound to end in disaster. There are too many factors outside your control.”

“A man in love can do extraordinary things, I don’t care if you’re an angel, you’re my angel, and I won’t let you go.”

“I thought you were gone forever, I thought you’d walked away from everything, because I failed, because I destroyed the only thing that ever mattered to me. I waited for you to come, but you didn’t.”

“One of the most frustrating words in the human language, as far as I could tell, was love.So much meaning attached to this one little word. People bandied it about freely, using it todescribe their attachments to possessions, pets, vacation destinations, and favorite foods. In thesame breath they then applied this word to the person they considered most important in theirlives. Wasn’t that insulting? Shouldn’t there be some other term to describe deeper emotion?”

“Sometimes it’s better to stop trying to make sense of things. Life isn’t clear cut, there are always gray areas.”