You've always lived here, right?" Sarah asked. "Except for the years I went to college." "Didn't you ever want to move away? To experience something new?" "Like bistros?" She nudged him playfully with her elbow. "No, not just that. Cities have a vibrancy, a sense of excitement that you can't find in a small town." "I don't doubt it. But to be honest, I've never been interested in things like that. I don't need those things to make me happy. A nice quiet place to unwind at the end of the day, beautiful views, a few good friends. What else is there?

She was everything I wanted. She was beautiful and charming, with a quick sense of humor, and she supported me in everything I did.

Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a surprise.

You know me better than anyone, and you're my best friend. I don't think there's anything you could say to me that would lead me to believe that you're doing it just to hurt me. If there's one thing I've come to know about you, it's that you're not even capable of something like that. Why do you think I like spending time with you so much? Because you're a good guy. A nice guy.

Women had a tendency to see what they wanted to see i men, at least in the beginning

I consider myself foremost a novelist with the intent of crafting stories that people will remember.

These days she simply did the best job she could, accepting the good with the bad.