“Never say no when you really want to say yes.”

“Stronger than lover's love is lover's hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.”

“There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.”

“I tried to be a better person for her– but it was to impress her, to get her to want me. But when I’m around you, I want to be better because… well, because it feels right. Because I want to. You make me want to become something greater than myself. I want to excel. You inspire me in every act, every word, every glance. I look at you, and you’re like… like light made into flesh. […] You have no clue how beautiful you are or how brightly you shine.”

“Wait. Why am I thinking about Krispy Kremes? We’re supposed to be exercising.”

“I think the idea of me is better than the reality of me.”

“The question, love, is whether you want me enough to take the risk.”

“Did we have sex?" he asked directly. For about two minutes, this might actually be fun. "Eric," I said, "we had sex in every position I could imagine, and some I couldn’t. We had sex in every room in my house, and we had sex outdoors. You told me it was the best you’d ever had." (At the time he couldn’t recall all the sex he’d ever had. But he’d paid me a compliment.) "Too bad you can’t remember it," I concluded with a modest smile. Eric looked like I’d hit him in the forehead with a mallet. For all of thirty seconds his reaction was completely gratifying.”