I didn't think there was any way to convince Jack that he wanted more than I had to give, that to people who'd been damaged the way I had been, fear and the will to survive would always be more powerful than attachment. I could only love in a limited way

He wasn't mine anywhere except in my heart.

I felt the kind of loneliness that can happen in a roomful of people when everyone but you seems to be in on the good time.

Seduction is merely encouraging a man to do something he already wants to do.

Very well,” Beatrix said reluctantly. “But I warn you, they may be resistant to the match.” “I’m resistant to the match,” Christopher informed her. “At least we’ll have that in common.

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.

Weddings are never about the bride and groom, weddings are public platforms for dysfunctional families.