I'll just love you whether you want me to or not.

I also have a feeling your mother’s going to have a very ugly conversation with me." – Dimitri

The book's always better than the movie.

Being charming is my hobby.

You aren't afraid of throwing yourself in the path of danger, but you're terrified of letting anyone in.

I steeled myself for the next response. I knew it was going to be one of the Zen life lessons. [...] Instead he kissed me.

God, I got lucky. If I'd hurt it, it would have put me out of practice for a while.” Smiling, he returned to his chair. "I know. You kept telling me that while I was carrying you. You were very upset.” "You...you carried me here?” "After we broke the bench apart and freed your foot.” Man. I'd missed out on a lot. The only thing better than imagining Dimitri carrying me in his arms was imagining him shirtless while carrying me in his arms.