He stared at the heart of his heart, the one woman in the world for him

Regrets are the most useless form of guilt. They always arrive too late to do any good.

Marriage and especially the ceremony which announces it, the wedding... That is how we say to the world, 'These two are now a family, and with this joining our families are joined, too. And you had damned well better respect that.

Hating politics was like hating the weather. Pointless, since both were inevitable.

Uh - do you want to do it outside? "Frequently. Oh, you meant the wedding. That, too.

Surely a woman who picked a spot so close to the ocean didn't automatically hide from the rain.

You're so far off base this time you can't even see the base!