“I want you to remember this—you and I are in this life together. All the way. We don’t run just because we get sacked a few times.”

“Because of you. I fell in love with you, Alexis Brown, and Idon’t want to lose you over a glass of champagne.”

“You’re facing it now, and it’s never too late.”

“I’ve read that the dying often wait to be by themselves. They need the freedom to go, with nobody holding them back.”

“I’m really not hungry,” she repeated, lifting the coffee cup and inhaling the fragrant steam before sipping.“Just a few bites,” he cajoled, taking his own place beside her. “You need to keep up your strength for tonight.”She gave him a heated, slumberous look, remembering her fantasy. “Why? Are you planning something special?”“I suppose I am,” he said consideringly. “It’s special every time we make love.”

“Sometimes we are given exactly what we need. The precise people that you need the most come stumbling into your life. Sometimes you don't notice, and this is very sad. Sometimes you lose them again. This is sad too, but not as sad. Because what you have once had together you have forever.”

“I think that it is a great tragedy that a child can lose their mother, father, sister or brother, because you and I made a decision that getting loaded was more important than they are.”