I fear feeling my heart break a second time, because I'm not sure I could survive it. I'd rather live alone than risk the pain.

If sex is dignified it's not being done right.

You don't fix a man the way you do a fault in a pipe or a leak in a roof. You take him as he is, Mary Brenna, or you don't take him at all...adjustments can't be all made on one side, darling, else the balance goes off and what's being built just falls down.

Courage comes in different forms. There's strength--that's the muscle. But love's the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything.

I'm sorry. It's Hard for me. I do love you," she said quietly. "Sometimes it scares me because you're the first. And the only" He held her there until he was sure he could speak, then eased her back, looked into her eyes "You've chaged my life. Become my life." He touched his lips to hers, let the kiss deepen slowly, silkily. "I need you

She's in love, and that makes her strong. She'll need to be." "What makes you strong, Mia?" "Purpose. Love never worked for me.

Listen carefully. I'd crush you like a bug for causing my wife one single moment of pain. Believe it. Fear it.