“Not an agent kiss, not anything remotely resembling a peck-on-the-cheek kiss, but a let's-get-started kiss. One that even in hardened, love-tired Los Angeles had a better-than-even shot of producing a happy finish”

“One of the floral arrangements swayed like a drunken sailor, then toppled, clattering to the floor.”

“How pointless, harboring romantic fantasies about a man who'd made it abundantly clear that he wasn't interested.”

“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground”

“Then let amourous kisses dwellOn our lips, begin and tellA Thousand and a Hundred scoreA Hundred and a Thousand more”

“Do you really think we'll ever--""I do," he said with certainty, not letting me finish. He leaned over and kissed my forehead. "I know it, Sassenach, and so do you. You were meant to be a mother, and I surely dinna intend to let anyone else father your children.”

“Then kiss me, Claire," he whispered, "And know that you are more to me than life, and I have no regret.”