When would he learn that women never stayed where you put them?

Sometimes forgiveness is the hardest thing to give, but the most cherished thing to receive.

Maybe I didn't always know what I was missing, but it was you. Always you.

There were worse things than death, as she'd discovered. Sometimes living took far more courage. Facing another day. Enduring. Those things took strength. Far more than dying.

I'm getting the impression that women, in any form, scare you." He shrugged. "They're the more violent species. And unpredictable. I'd rather take on a wild boar. You can't shoot women.

Have you ever been torn between two impossibilities and knew in your heart that no matter which way you went or which path you chose that you were doomed to unhappiness?

Fantasies were safe. It was a break from reality. A chance to act on desires for a short period of time.