Everything in my life has been leading up to this," he whispered. "Everything that's happened, everything I've done has been worth it because it's brought me here.

Dare, dream, dance, smile, and sing loudly! And have faith that love is an unstoppable force!

Jenk shook his head as he headed for the rental car counter. He felt his shoulders tightening as he walked away, certain that Izzy wasn't quite ready to be silent or invisible yet. He was halfway there when Izzy shouted, "Jenkins! I wish I could quit yew!" Of course. The obligatory Brokeback Mountain reference. Jenk flipped Zanella a double bird without bothering to look back.

No doubt about it, Lawrence Decker was the reason God had invented nakedness.

My glass is not only half-full, it holds five-hundred-dollar-a-bottle Dom Perignon champagne.

He spoke in telegram-as if every word he used cost five bucks, and he only had a twenty in his wallet.

He wanted to wake up to her smile every day for the rest of his life, like some stupid coffee commercial on TV.