“She tilted her face to his, and he discovered that kissing her was something he didn't have to train for by reading a book. It came naturally.”

“How could he try to get Sandi to reveal her true colors when she was a rainbow?”

“Every time she shut her eyes she saw herself wrapped in his arms in the middle of that beautiful bed just right for conceiving children.”

“Sandi couldn't bear to read about other people falling in love and having babies while her own arms and worms were so painfully empty.”

“Matt felt vindicated. See. If he'd rushed things and let his passion get the upper hand he might not have learned whether she like beef.”

“Matt found that endearing. And disturbing in ways he didn't want to acknowledge.”

“How could she be sorry about losing her virginity in a romance-novel way on a sunset sail?”