But I think if it's the right person, you wouldn't have to work so hard at intimacy. I think—hope—it would just happen naturally. Otherwise, opening up to the wrong person..." I made a face. "Like putting ammo in their hands.

I love you enough for the both of us. And there must be something about me worth loving. If you would just try.

He liked cheap women, fast cars, late nights, and hard liquor, especially all together. In Jack's view, you are obliged to sin on Saturday night so you'd have something to atone for Sunday morning. Otherwise, you'd be putting the preacher out of business.

Justine reached for a fresh tissue and clamped it to Lucy’s nose as if she was a child. “Friends are the support bras of life. We don’t let each other down. Right?

I never take advice, good or bad. That would only encourage more of it.

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

I had never felt the allure of another human being this strongly, warmth and curiosity mixing to form an unspoken question in the air.