“When I am in the darkness, I want to think of it in the light, with you. - James Carstairs”

“I know," he said, looking down at himself self-consciously. "I am not-I mean, I look-""Beautiful," she said, and she meant it. "You look beautiful, James Carstairs.”

“James Carstairs! Jem! Where are you, you disloyal bastard?”

“Go in peace, James Carstairs.”

“You hear that, James Carstairs? We are bound, you and I, over the divide of death, down through whatever generations may come. Forever.”

“If there is a life after this one", he said, "let me meet you in it, James Carstairs.”

“That sounds almost practiced, James Carstairs. How many girls have you made swoon with that observation?”