“That night as they slept in each other's arms neither Alistair nor Sophia had any nightmares.”

“Sophia, you’re the best thing that could have happened to Alistair. I’ve never seen him happier than he is now.”

“Sophia is not my second chance. She is my heavenly gift.”

“Sophia is worth a change. I have to make the right choices from now on.”

“ Good things come…” Her head fell back, giving him total access to her throat “to those who wait.’ Patience is a virtue, Alistair.”

“It was like the sun had appeared again in my life, Sophia, You. You changed everything when you stepped into that room. You have a freshness, a strength, an allure, I’ve never seen before. The way you walk, talk, hold yourself. The way you move your hands, these long red nails. You’ve become the light of my life.”

“Passion is a sickness. It confounds and makes you do things just to please the other person. Quite different from love. In love you find delight despite the person’s flaws.”