I didn't want to be a sweet boy's sweet girlfriend. I wanted to be Fawn's equal, the kind of girl who stood up for herself and took care of business, who cut guys loose when it was required.

Though I often looked for one, I finally had to admit that there could be no cure for Paris.

The way I see it, how can you really say you'll love a person longer than love lasts?

I'd had my share of rain. My mother's illness ... had weighed on me, but the years before had been heavy, too. I was only twenty eight.

But love is love. It makes you do terribly stupid things.

Not everyone out in a storm wants to be saved

I'd never met anyone so vibrant or alive. He moved like light.