You’re the most important thing in the world to me. I know you don’t believe it, but I’m going to prove it to you.

There was something missing inside me I was trying to fill up, but I went about doing it the wrong way. But there sure isn't anything missing inside me now, because you're there.

If I told you, you might be forced to lie about it. Not that you aren't really good at it, but why put an old man in that position?

His pacing stopped. The mattress sighed as he sat on the edge. seconds ticked by before he spoke so softly she could barely hear. "Sometimes I want to leave this town so bad I can taste it.

Be quiet, or I swear to God I'll take you right here

I'll take care of my mother," he said grimly. "I love her, but she doesn't run my life." "Yeah, that's what we all say. You. Me. Lucy." She stabbed the stick into the dirt. "These are powerful women. They're sane, they're smart, they rule their worlds, and they love us ferociously. A potent combination that makes it touch to pretend they're normal mothers.

Now, now. Southern ladies don’t French-kiss and tell.