“Does it ever occur to you not to sleep with women?""No," Riley said.”

“She was setting out china cups in their saucers, her long pale hands almost the same color as the cream china. "How do you take yours?""Four creams, two sugars," Riley said, still mesmerized by her.She stopped with a small waxed carton in her hand. "Really?""He's very young," Gabe said. "I take mine black.""He's very boring," Riley said. "Is that real cream?”

“He picked up the biscuit box and said, "Come on, Marlene. Back into hiding in case somebody comes looking for you, although only God knows why anybody would.""Marlene?" Nell said."I'm not calling anything SugarPie," Riley said. "That's obscene.”

“I have to see him and Trevor Ogilvie on Monday. Both senior partners at once.""Good for you. I hope Jack's in trouble up to his neck.""They're being blackmailed.""Blackmail?" Riley said, his voice full of disbelief. "Jack? There's stuff out there that's even worse than the stuff everybody knows about him?”

“You don't believe in unconditional love. Neither does Alex. So you both threw away the best thing you ever had because you didn't believe in each other or yourselves.”

“I'm Min's fairy godmother, Charm Boy,' Liza said, frowning down at him. 'And if you don't give her a happily ever after, I'm going to come back and beat you to death with a snow globe.'What happened to "bibbity bobbity boo"?' Cal asked Min.That was Disney, honey,' Min said. 'It wasn't a documentary.”

“In the bad old days, men kept women from choosing to work. In the bad new days, women keep women from choosing to stay home.”