The next time you face a room full of strangers . . . you might tell yourself that some of them are just friends waiting to be found.

It's difficult for most of us to be completely honest with ourselves - we hate to admit how vulnerable or needful we are.

He wasn't mine anywhere except in my heart.

He's a fascinating gentleman. Old-school. I tried to talk him into attending one of my services, but he said he wasn't finished sinning yet, and he'd let me know when he was.

I've never been convinced that everything in a relationship needs to be talked about. Some things can't be fixed by a conversation

I-I’m not making advances,” she told him as she flattened herself against his chest. “You’re just an available s-source of heat.” “So you say,” St. Vincent replied lazily, tucking the quilt more tightly around them both. “However, during the past quarter hour you’ve been fondling parts of my anatomy that no one’s ever dared to touch before.” “I v-very much doubt that.” She burrowed even further into the depths of his coat, and added in a muffled voice, “You’ve probably been h-handled more than a hamper at Fortnum and Mason.

Love will break your heart,[...] but love can also mend it. Not many things in life are both the cause and the cure.