You shouldn't reward me for endangering your life, you know. Think of the precedent you're setting.

The professor leaned forward. “But there’s nothing more profound than creating something out of nothing.” Her lovely face turned fierce. “Think about it Cath. That’s what makes a god—or a mother. There’s nothing more intoxicating than creating something from nothing. Creating something from yourself.

Every woman wants a man who'll fall in love with her soul as well as her body.

She didn't want to run, period. It made her breasts feel like they were going to detach from her body.

I'm sorry about yesterday," she said. He hung on to his straps and shrugged. "Yesterday happens.

I want everyone to meet you. You're my favorite person of all time.

He never hurries. He never shows his cards. He always hangs up first....Like when we first started talking on the phone, he would always be the one who got off first. When we kissed, he always pulled away first. He always kept me just on the edge of crazy. Feeling like I wanted him too much, which just made me want him more....[It was] excruciating and wonderful. It feels good to want something that bad. I thought about him the way you think about dinner when you haven't eaten for a day and a half. Like you'd sell your soul for it.