A man's vanity is more fragile that you might think. It's easy for us to mistake shyness for coldness, and silence for indifference.

The trick was forgetting about what she had lost ...and learning to go on with what she had left.

Having regrets is the only sign that you’ve done anything interesting with your life.

I am running after you, and life, in desperate pursuit. My dream is that someday you will both turn and let me catch you. That dream carries me through every night... I have enclosed a hundred kisses in this letter. You must count them out carefully and not lose any.

But sometimes normal just isn't happening. Sometimes crazy feels too good to resist.

Over the years I’ve collected a thousand memories of you, every glimpse, every word you’ve ever said to me. All those visits to your family’s home, those dinners and holidays—I could hardly wait to walk through the front door and see you.” The corners of his mouth quirked with reminiscent amusement. “You, in the middle of that brash, bull-headed lot…I love watching you deal with your family. You’ve always been everything I thought a woman should be. And I have wanted you every second of my life since we first met.

If your concern is that I may be overcome with manly ardor and ravish you in a moment of weakness… I may. If you ask nicely.