“But young hearts mend easily, and hearts that own half of England have something better to do than to beat faster for love.”
“Thinking about what other people do in bed will age you faster than anything. It makes your heart beat too fast.”
“No one is better at not beating America than England.”
“I signed on for the role of ‘boyfriend,’ not ‘conscience.’ If you want wholesome and ethical, you’ll have to look elsewhere. But I promise that won’t be half as much fun as this is….” His hand slid down my side and over my hip, and my heart beat faster.”
“That is why young people, who are beginners in everything, are not yet capable of love: it is something they must learn. With their whole being, with all their forces, gathered around their solitary, anxious, upward-beating heart, they must learn to love.”
“Love can mend your life or love can break your heart.”