“That’s love. A part of what makes it so awesome is the level of real, true intimacy, and the risk you take by opening yourself up that way to someone who has the power to gut you.”

“That’s love. Real love is scary. Because you know what you stand to lose.”

“I think the question is, can you live without her? Watch her fall in love with someone else?.....If the fear of some random thing happening in the future is bigger than the reality of her being with another guy, walk away now when it'll merely sort of kill you to do it. But you can't have this doubt between you. Man up. Love her the way she deserves it, or let another man do it.”

“Best greeting ever.” He grinned … “You totally objectified me. It was awesome.”

“It was a huge comfort to have a person who'd keep you honest with yourself and who also gave you safe harbour.”

“We're your safe place, El. Me and Elise. The guys. We're your family. You don't need to pull lattes. You have your degree, you have a great job and you'll take the crappy part of your past and use that to help people get to the good part of their future.”

“You don't always choose who you love, sometimes it just happens.”