I love you like the woman I am now. Not the girl I was. I’m battered and bruised and I’m tougher, but I’m still here. I’m scared to death, but I’m more frightened of a...

Is that a baton in your pocket, officer, or are you just happy to see me?

Bring. It. On.

Sweetheart, I’ve been there with you through all of it. I was the one who camped out with you in that old tree house for days on end and held you after your mom died....

This is laid down with a groove funkier and blacker than anything Prince of Michael Jackson–or any other black artist of the recent years for that matter–has come up with.

Tonight isn’t for the baby. This is just you and me.

and right now, if you don’t touch me in some very hot, very wet places, I might die.

She shouldn’t be this close to Cole, not alone, not even when she was pissed beyond belief. It was too dangerous, since she had yet to find a cure for I-hate-you-but-I-want-to-fuck-your-brains-out-itis.

That you want me more than your next breath.”If she moved forward a couple of inches, his boner would make her believe.

If that’s code for ‘I want to fuck you until I can’t walk straight’, then I kind of hate you, too.

I could just as easily have taken the train.”He shut his eyes, just long enough for a movie of a Tess-induced train riot to screen on the backs of his eyelids. Fists flying, teeth broken,...

Not everything worth learning is summarized in book. Sometimes you’ve got to rely on instincts.

An inappropriate attraction to your friend’s fiancé was grounds for disbarment from the Woman Club. Neither did it make a lick of sense. He was uncouth, uneducated, uncivilized. All of their conversations back then had...

Sometimes the journey to love involves some bumpy detours, as any girl with an – ex-fiance will tell you. But I’ve learned a smooth trip isn’t particularly important. Getting there is what matters.

I must say, cowboy, I’m impressed. I was worried you could only handle eight seconds at a time.

Type A Ellie liked to know the rules, like knowing what to expect. Flying blind made her nervous. He prepared to make her all kinds of nervous.

You’re gonna have to hold on tight, because this rodeo is just getting started.

I’ve done things I’m not proud of and I’m trying really hard to make up for those things by being a decent guy. And decent guys don’t act the way I’ve been acting around you,...

You want a wild ride, J.J.? I’ll give it to you, hard and slow until you scream my name.

Love is a risk. It always is. None of us is guaranteed a long life. But love takes courage.

You want something, you go after it, and you hang on to it