“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.—William Faulkner”

“You’ve got to start admitting it.”“Why are you doing this to me? Are you trying to break me?”“No, you won’t break. You’ll bend, but you won’t break. Because until you admit it, it’ll never really go away,” he said. “You might’ve taken control, but that man took something from you he shouldn’t have. And that’s not your fault—whether or not you gave in is irrelevant. Come to terms with it now, Isabelle, before it’s too late.”

“There were two things Chris knew well: his rifle and a woman's body. With either, he could spend hours studying their intracacies, their individual quirks and hots spots...their flaws.He knew when one of them was going to jam up and let him down or to give him the shot of his life. Rifles and women - he loved them both, but not necessarily in that order.”

“How about I kiss you so we can get past this awkwardness?”

“- most people don't plan past the honeymoon. But reality sets in when it gets down to dirty socks and what's for dinner.”

“I was born when the Dead Sea was still sick.”

“The past is never dead. It's not even past.”