A sacrament--like marriage--means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God never gives up.

I had the heart of the relationship, and no body to grow it in... It broke.

Sometimes Chris wished he could sneak a peek at the back of the book, so to speak, and see how it was all going to turn out, so that he wouldn't have to bother going through the motions.

How could you beat an enemy you couldn't see?

It was one thing to sacrifice your own life for someone else's. It was another thing entirely to bring into the mix a third party - a third party who knew you, who trusted you implicitly.

I have no idea what Andrew might have done, and I do not ask. She believes that I can fix this, and like always, that's enough to make me think that I can. "I'll take care of it,: I say, when what I really mean is: I'll take care of you.

A duck walks into a bar and the bartender asks, what'll it be? The duck doesn't answer because it's a duck.