“Number of empty Ben & Jerry’s containers: 3 — two mint chocolate cookie, one plain vanilla. (Who buys plain vanilla ice cream from Ben & Jerry’s, anyway? Is there a greater waste?)”

“I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.”

“My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.”

“You can’t hurt me the way you think you can. But even if you could? I would rather die with the taste of you on my tongue than live and never touch you again. I’m in love with you, Mara. I love you. No matter what you do.”

“So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness.”