“I love you too, Stark.”
“I never, ever took you for granted. We met too late for that; I was nearly 33 by then, and my past without you was too stark and insistent for me to find the miracle of companionship ordinary.”
“I knew how he felt, how it was like being swallowed by winter, so that even your insides were too stark and too cold.”
“The George George Stark George Starked over the Starky Stark.”
“Ye’ve no idea how lovely ye look, stark naked, wi’ the sun behind you. All gold, like ye were dipped in it.”
“I was stark raving mad, and my family was too polite to mention it. That's what living with the Yamanis does to people. They get so well-mannered they won't mention you're crazy.”