Love was the secret behind everything...love was what made vineyards grow and filled the spaces between the stars, and fixed the ground beneath his feet. It didn't matter if you acknowledged it or not. You couldn't stop the motion of the earth or hold back the ocean tides, or break the pull of the moon. You couldn't stop the rain or pull a shade over the sun.

It was unfair that people who longed for love the most, searched the hardest for it, found it so elusive.

I’ve never heard that the sexual act requires any particular intelligence. From what I’ve observed, many stupid people are easily able to produce children.

I scowled defensively. "My conversations don't usually include the subject of erections." "Too bad," he said. "All the best conversations do.

I feel like I've been shut in a closet, and he's on the other side, and he doesn't have the key to unlock the door.

Safe men are for marrying. Dangerous men are for pleasure.

Her chances of a decent marriage were about to be dashed-and all because of a ferret.