When the pace of our feet matched perfectly, I felt a deep inner pang of satisfaction. I could have gone on walking like that forever, side by side with him. There had been few times in my life I had ever inhabited a moment so fully, with no loneliness lurking at the edges.

When you are in love' hypocrisy won over principle.

I have always hated flying. The idea of it is an affront to nature. People are meant to stay on the ground.

What are you listening to?" "I picked up a DVD for Luke while I was out. Something with Mozart and sock puppets." A grin rose to my lips. "At this stage I don't think Luke can see more than ten inches beyond his face." "That explains his lack of interest. I thought maybe he preferred Beethoven.

When you love a child, you forgive her before she can even ask. Basically you've already forgiven her for things she hasn't even done yet.

You could run to the farthest corners of the earth. There's no place you could go where I wouldn't love you. Nothing you could do to stop me.

A lifetime with such a woman was not nearly enough.