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.

... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.

Justine," Zoe said, "I don't want to curse anyone." "Of course you don't, you're much too nice. But I don't have that problem.

My prize, my pleasure and pain, my endless desire. I've never know anyone like you.

The truth is, you can never really know a man until you've loaned him money. And you can never know a woman until you've slept in her bed.

It was a confirmation of a connection that already existed. And it was a bond that extended far beyond the borders of a shared living space. We would have stayed together even without a marriage certificate . . . but I believed in the permanence it represented. It was a piece of paper you could build a life on.

I love you, Marks. My heart is completely and utterly yours. And unfortunately for you, the rest of me comes with it.