“I was naked under his gaze. Skin was just that: skin. But to see your soul stripped, laid bare for the eyes of someone you barely knew-that was terrifying.”

“Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.”

“[A]s people are beginning to see that the sexes form in a certain sense a continuous group, so they are beginning to see that Love and Friendship which have been so often set apart from each other as things distinct are in reality closely related and shade imperceptibly into each other. Women are beginning to demand that Marriage shall mean Friendship as well as Passion; that a comrade-like Equality shall be included in the word Love; and it is recognised that from the one extreme of a ‘Platonic’ friendship (generally between persons of the same sex) up to the other extreme of passionate love (generally between persons of opposite sex) no hard and fast line can at any point be drawn effectively separating the different kinds of attachment. We know, in fact, of Friendships so romantic in sentiment that they verge into love; we know of Loves so intellectual and spiritual that they hardly dwell in the sphere of Passion.”

“Was it just her, or did lovers look more adoringly at each other in this city? Especially in the springtime.’Die, bastards.’She sighed. It wasn’t their fault that they were bastards who should die.”

“Oh dios mio, she makes me burn, she makes me need. She is etching herself into mi alma”

“I said alone!”He nodded in agreement. “Aye, you usually say that, and I still stay. It’s our way.”

“Remember I told you I’ve taken a vow of chastity. You understand what that means, right?Yeah,” he said. “You’re very generous. I think that’s cool.”I didn’t quite get his answer, but I didn’t want to prolong the conversation. […]That’s when it dawned on me what Greg had meant. […] Um, that’s charity, Greg, not chastity.He is so not the right guy for me.(137-138)”

“The Challenge is to pry Bertie loose from Dain and his circle of oafish dengenerates,” Jessica said severely. “It would be far more profitable to pry Dain loose for yourself,” said her grandmother. “He is very wealthy, his lineage is excellent, he is young, strong, and healthy, and you feel a powerful attraction.” “He isn’t husband material.” “What I have described is perfect husband material.” said her grandmother. “I don’t want a husband.” “Jessica, no woman does who can regard men objectively. And you have always been magnificently objective.”

“We do not remember days, Shemei, we remember moments, and the richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.”

“Even when this world is a forgotten whisper of dust between the stars, I will love you.”

“My dreams were always the same I could see myself laughing . I was standing somewhere in a forest a raindrop rolled down a branch and fell on my nose . My hair was a sparkling red color and I was wearing a white flowing ball gown made from silk. I could feel him the one I loved staring at me intensely . His eyes as gold as the sun . I could hear him saying my love Fleur .. you are everything to me. His fingertips lightly shivering as he touched my face beckoning for me to come closer. I don’t know what I would do if I lost you . “Are you sure you want to be with me?” My body protested as I fought for him to stay but he never did. As soon as I woke up his presence was gone.”

“He called me his ‘dream.’ I guess now I’ve become his nightmare.”

“I guess the answer would be yes.””Got to love that word.” He kissed her so sweetly then, it brought tears to her eyes. “Got it in you to say it again?”And then he did the unthinkable. He went down on one knee.”

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

“He understood that she needed some time to get used to “them.” He didn’t. He knew exactly what was happening, and he didn’t need another week, another month, another year, to get things in perspective.He loved her. It was that plain. That simple.”