“You don't want to work to fall in love, you want to be in love. Like in a fairy tale.”

“Love isn't simple, Katie, and neither is life. Things that are worth having are sometimes complicated, and they evoke complicated emotions. You know, one of the reasons people often turn to alcohol or drugs is that they can't deal with complications.”

“And while I got that about him, he never seemed to understand or believe it when I told him I wasn't like that. That I was happy to coast. To drift and summersault like a dried-out leaf in the late fall, hoping to avoid the rake, the collecting pile, the compost heap.”

“Everyone’s path to here is unique, Anne. It’s what you do from here that counts.”

“His mouth tastes like Scotch, and feels familiar, like somewhere I've been before.”

“It seemed like almost nothing had happened, but that almost nothing changed everything for me.”

“If someone figured out a way to bottle woman-been-wronged, they’d make a fortune.”