“You couldn't attach a 'but' to 'I love you'. You could onlt attach an 'and'.”

“Do you think,” she said, “instead of having sex, we could make love?”“I’d love that,” Ken whispered.”

“I love quick,” Gina said. “And come on, I’m getting jealous here. Was it zero sex last year for you,too?”“Yes,” he admitted. “I love you, you weren’t there—what was I going to do?”“Are you actually embarrassed, ” she asked, “because you weren’t some kind of man-ho and—”“No,” Max said. “I’m embarrassed that it took me an entire fucking year and a half and the worst scareof my life to figure out that I can’t live without you.”

“You love me,” he said. “That’s all I need to know.” “You always say the right thing,” Savannah told him, her eyes so filled with love that he almost wept. “Sometimes it takes you awhile to get to it, but you always get there, and what you say is always worth waiting for.”

“You can't choose who you love, Kelly, but you can waste it. Why on earth would anyone want to waste it?”

“What do you think, Ronnie? Do you think we could stop after just one kiss?”

“You know, Savannah, if you cry, I won’t tell anyone,’ Ken said quietly. ‘I promise.”