Sometimes love isn't about being smart. Sometimes it's about being stupid together.

I didn't want to pick at Micah and me until we unraveled. I wanted to leave it alone and enjoy it. I just didn't know how to do that.

A woman will forget that a man is male, if they are good enough friends, but men rarely forget that a woman is feminine.

I am sincere, ma petite, even when I lie.

His parting shot to me had been, "I don't want to love someone who is more at home with the monsters than I am." What do you say to that? What can you say? Damned if I know. They say love conquers everything. They lie.

I smiled at him, as Doyle squeezed my hand and I squeezed back. "Some people are addicted to falling in love, Doctor. Some people love that rush of new emotions, and when that first rush of new love is spent, they move on to the next, thinking the love wasn't real. What I felt in her, and potentially in you, is the love of years. Love that knows that that first rush of freshness isn't the real thing. It's the tip of the iceberg.

When you spend all your time worrying that the devil is right behind you, eventually you start seeing him whether he's there or not.