“Each second is a raw drop of blood from your brainthat you must swallowdrop by dropand don't even start countingor you'll lose your mind...”

“Only this reality is real now, only this place is real, sitting in the lonely cell of your will...”

“No Statue of Liberty ever greeted our arrival in this country...we did not, in fact, come to the United States at all. The United States came to us.”

“Patience--"It's just that you needn't have gone to all the trouble." Matthew--"Trouble? What trouble is that, Patience?" His eyes dropped to her mouth. "Don't you see? You're no trouble to me." He lifted his gaze back to hers. "And even if you were, I would go to the ends of the earth to be troubled by you.”

“My Sleeping Beauty ~ I kissed you, but you did not wake. I find this strange for I know I am your prince.”

“Passion: "Your profile ought to be pressed upon a coin."Mark: "Your body ought to be pressed upon mine.”

“Polite applause punctuated the end of the clockmaker's speech. But Passion continued to stare. Herwords came before she thought to hold them back. "Your profile ought to be pressed upon a coin."He bent his blue gaze upon her. "Your body ought to be pressed upon mine.”