“Affections cannot be stolen, madam. They are given freely or not at all.”
“Her lips found his and a stab of exquisite desire shot through him. This is what he's been waiting for all this time. Not a stolen embrace. A gift, freely given. One that he would keep forever in some small part of his soul.”
“Trust is a fragile thing - difficult to build, easy to break. It cannot be bargained for. Only if it is freely given it can be expected in return”
“I have come to believe that concentrated time, when it's needed - freely given and with a special purpose - can accomplish goals that even years of traditional treatment sometimes cannot. (185)”
“Love is not a tallying of favors, it is a limitless supply given freely.”
“When we say we have given up hope, all we are really doing is challenging Madame Fortune to prove us wrong.”