“You would think that a rock star being married to a super-model would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is.”

“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.”

“Actually, being married to me probably would be something of a joke . . . but yeah, I mean it. What do you think?”

“Being brave meant that though you might be frightened, you would face the greatest danger if you knew it was the right thing to do.”

“She may be an uggo, but that dress would turn anyone into a rock star.”

“Once, walking with him, Paola had stopped and asked him what he was thinking about, and the fact that she was the only person in the world he would not be embarrassed to tell just what it was he had been thinking about at that moment convinced him, though a thousand things had already done so, that this was the woman he wanted to marry, had to marry, would marry.”