The freedom of saying anything to him, telling all, relieved a burden I hadn't even realized I'd been carrying. In my relentless push to keep moving forward, there had been so many emotions I hadn't let myself inhabit fully, so many things I hadn't talked about. Now I couldn't quite catch up to myself.

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

I need you for a lot of things, Hardy. A lifetime's worth of things.

Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings.

... I think I know the secret to a long and happy marriage - just choose someone you can't live without.

My peer would have to be dark-haired and handsome, a wonderful dancer... and he would never ask permission before he kissed me." -Lillian Bowman

I want you any way I can get you. Not because you’re beautiful or clever or kind or adorable, although devil knows you’re all those things. I want you because there’s no one else like you, and I don’t ever want to start a day without seeing you.