A relationship isn't something that has to be created in a day or perfected in a day. Part of the game is to keep working on it. It's something that'll always be just a little flawed.

Have I missed a national holiday? There must be celebrations in the streets for you to be home at this hour of the day." "I'm calling it Summerset Goes Mute Day. The city's gone mad with joy.

What was your secret?" That brought another smile. "Learn to laugh, otherwise, you'll beat them to death with a hammer first chance

I won't consider getting horizontal with someone I can barely tolerate when we're vertical.

Change was as much about loss as gain, about giving something up even as you reached for something new or different. The world was opening up, not closing in.

I said, you're the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul.

Damn me to hell or take me to heaven, but for Gods sake, do it now.