Amazing, then, how with that one remark, he made a mortifying situation thirteen times worse.

This is true valor, I hope you know. Legends have sprung from less. All Lancelot did was paddle about in a balmy lake.” She smiled. “Lancelot was a knight. You’re a viscount. The bar is higher.

No, no. Don't make that face. Every time I propose to you, you make that twisty, unhappy face. It wears on a man's confidence.

Oh no. Don't smile. You'll kill me. I stop breathing when you smile.

Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it.

A home isn’t only defined by what you need, Bram. It’s also about the people who need you

A man might engage in flirtation with distinterest, even disdain. But he never teases without affection.