Behind every strong man is a strong woman?" he guessed."Beside," Ghost corrected. "She's beside him.
she was, whichever city or state, whatever mood she was in, there was nothing like a book store to fill her up with happiness. 
Ah, sweetheart, she's not the one I want to bend back over my bike right now. Jesus ... Christ. 
Teacher gonna give me a lesson?" Her 
I was afraid," she said, "and I wanted to hear your voice. 
I'm not worried about that. Aidan loves Sam, and a man can do great things when he's motivated by love. Maggie 
She was this lovely little girl setting his world on fire. 
A little fear's healthy. The day we stop being afraid is probably the day we stop being human. 
Beautiful' isn't a feminine word. I don't even think it's a human word. It isn't what something looks like; it's what something is. 
Mercy grinned. Do I smell a shotgun wedding? I've wanted to call you Daddy for so long now. 
You can add new parts, baby," she imagined Maggie saying. "But you can't lose the parts of you that were already there. 
His voice was friendly enough, but his gaze drilled into Mercy, an obvious challenge. Cute, Mercy thought. Not impressed, asshole. 
You can't love anything properly from a distance. 
Tam felt his hands twitch, longing to curl into fists, longing to put those fists into that motherfucking GQ model wannabe's face. 
I love you, he thought. And then left her. 