Think of it like running down a slope. If you attempt to slow down and choose your steps, you’re bound to trip up and stumble.

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

So there’s an . . . an etiquette to raking. Some seducer’s code of honor. Is this what you’re telling me?

Certainty becomes you.

Dedication: For librarians and booksellers everywhere, who gather books and build shelters for tender souls.

I'm male. You rubbed your...femaleness all over me. I didn't think. I reacted.

He kissed her. Without warning, without permission. Without even deciding to do it, but simply because he couldn't have done anything else. He needed that breath she was holding. It belonged to him, and he wanted it back.