The problem with chasing after happiness was that it wasn't a destination you could reach. It was something that happened along the way.

Love will break your heart,[...] but love can also mend it. Not many things in life are both the cause and the cure.

He took his mouth from hers and stared down at her with eyes so dark they no longer looked blue. “Amanda, do you trust me?” “Of course not,” she said. “I don’t know the first thing about you.” Laughter rustled from his chest. “Sensible woman.

This is how we court girls in America. We grab them and kiss them. And if they don't like it, we do it again, harder and longer, until they surrender. It saves us hours of witty repartee.

If my love can hold you, I'll keep you with me.

It seemed as if some subtle current of recognition had passed between them... not as if they had met before... but as if they had come close several times until finally an impatient Fate had forced their paths to intersect.

The feeling of relinquishing responsibility to someone else, letting him take control, was a relief beyond words.