Sometimes I'm not nice for a reason. It's a way to find out what someone's made of.

Anyone who had ever read a novel knew that governesses were supposed to be meek and downtrodden.

Whereas I will be with a wicked, handsome Rom who will keep me warm all night.

My theory about meeting people,' he said,'is that it's better not to make a really good first impression. Because it's all downhill from there. You're always having to live up to that first impression, which was just an illusion.

Where's your instruction manual?" I asked him. "What's the baby customer-service number?

Perhaps only those who had loved and lost could appreciate this magic.

One could pick apart love, examine every filament of attraction, and still it would never be fully explained. It simply was.