But a risk-free life wasn't much of a life, really, and if she was going to change, she might as well start now.

Gifts of the heart can't be claimed by anyone except the giver.

As far as I can tell, dumping soda on people is the equivalent of ‘Hi, it’s nice to meet you’ in this part of the world. Frankly, I think standard greetings work better, but what do I know?

A good man is hard to find," she said wistfully. "Not everyone is as lucky as you are.

Why did you come here? To find you.

Men are like that sometimes - if they meet someone and fall in love, it's real, no matter how fast it happened. But if someone falls for a woman they happen to care about, all they do is question the man's intentions.

I love you, Gabby, more than you'll ever know. You're everything I've ever wanted in a wife. You're every hope and every dream I've ever had, and you've made me happier than any man could possibly be. I don't ever want to give that up. I can't.