He took his mouth from hers and stared down at her with eyes so dark they no longer looked blue. “Amanda, do you trust me?” “Of course not,” she said. “I don’t know the first thing about you.” Laughter rustled from his chest. “Sensible woman.

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

Sometimes when we're not paying attention, relation-ships happen. There is no rule that requires two people in love to be exactly alike.

Sooner or later everyone was driven to love someone they could never have.

If my love can hold you, I'll keep you with me.

Baptists don’t spend their time thinking about reality.

Heath," she whispered, "you're all I want. No one else ... no one . . .