Only someone who had experienced such bitter despair would be able to recognize it in another.

I wondered how many times in my life I had done something just because I wanted to without weighing the consequences.

If you have to tell someone they call the shots, they're not really calling the shots.

I thought about the future, the oceans and continents he would cross, far away from everyone who knew and loved him. Far outside the sphere of his mothers prayers. Among the women of the future, there was one who would know his secrets and bear his children, and witness the changes the years worked on him. And it wouldnt be me. -Liberty Jones

It seemed as if some subtle current of recognition had passed between them... not as if they had met before... but as if they had come close several times until finally an impatient Fate had forced their paths to intersect.

And it occurred to me that friendship was a lot more dependable, not to mention long-lasting, than love.

Just you,' Hardy said when he got his breath back. 'All I want is you.