Abby: "You were great. I don't know what I'd have done without you." Dylan: "You'd have done fine. That's one of the most intimidating things about you." Abby: "Intimidating? Me?" Dylan: "It isn't easy for a man to get involved with a woman who's totally capable of handling anything that comes along... It isn't easy for a man to believe that there are woman who can not only do those things but enjoy them... [But] it's all natural for you isn't it? It's incredible.

You can't argue with math, Carter. You'll always lose.

Something your father wouldn't have told you, he began. Taking blood, it leaves a mark on you. No matter how it's done, or how it's justified, it leaves a mark that goes in deep. Be sure you're willing to wear that mark before you take the blood.

Do you see that out there? The strange, unfamiliar light? It's called the sun. Let's go get us a little.

In the summer of 80, Silhouette bought my first book.

Why are you always smiling? What do you know?

I can fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank page.