“No one had ever told them they might need each other one day, an for some reason, they hadn't figured it out themselves.”

“She knew the soothing power of a human touch on aching flesh. Knew the strange bond that formed when two creatures united in mutual need, one hurting, the other healing.”

“Kids aren't supposed to have to figure out how to be happy. They just are.”

“If you're drowning for real, and nobody believes you, then you sure as hell better figure out how to swim.”

“Pop, why didn't you ever marry again?""I was a good husband to your mother," Pop said. "I would not be a good husband to another woman. It would not be fair, because I gave everything I had to my first marriage. Love is like that for some people.”

“The time for falling in love was when you were emotionally available and free of cares, when it didn’t matter what time you came home or how late you were getting up the next day. When you had hours and hours to spend gazing into each other’s eyes and even longer hours making love, uninterrupted. If you wait for the perfect time to fall in love…it’ll never happen.”

“It is a great virtue to be needed. Greater, even, than being liked”