“Sometimes a woman needs a man for company, no matter how useless he is.”

“She was a beautiful woman, if not a happy one, and attracting a man was never a problem. Keeping one, however, was a different matter.”

“...it was better to answer, no matter how ineptly, thank to withhold a reply. Because sometimes silence could wound someone nearly as badly as a bullet.”

“Alors, he is a virile man, she is a beautiful woman . . . why are they not making salad together?”

“He had found my worst weakness: I was one of those people who was desperate to be needed, to matter to someone.”

“Sometimes you meet a really nice guy, but no matter how you try, you can’t seem to make yourself wanthim. But that’s not nearly as bad as when you meet the wrong guy, and you can’t make yourself not want him.”

“There hasn't been any other woman," Heath said against her mouth, making her tremble. "There couldn't be. I'm too obsessed with my own wife. There's only one thing you can give me that no one else can . . . and heaven and hell be damned, I'll get it from you no matter how long I have to wait, no matter how hard I have to ride you. No, I'm not talking solely about my husbandly rights, although that would be a good place to start.”