He decided there was no point in telling her he'd looked in the fridge and seen none of these things. There'd just be some variation of his mother's standard crack about Male Refrigeration Blindness Syndrome.

I don't think you tell someone you love them because you expect something. I think you tell them because you have something to give.

You can’t just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks.

I hate patience. Slows everything down.

Eve engaged her On Duty sign and stepped out of the car. Immediately her ears were assaulted with a blast of music. Christmas carols pumped, full blast, into the air. She decided that people ran inside, ready to buy anything, just to escape the noise.

There's no reward without work, no victory without effort, no battle won without risk.

It takes a lot of spine and stomach to make yourself into something when no one gives you a foundation.