“A woman needs what a woman needs.”

“Never mistake a woman as an opportunity for bliss.”

“I think a woman is born with the desire to hear she is beautiful.”

“Austin cleared his throat. Given the choice between being with books or people, he'd always choose books. You could always tell what a book thought without needing to have a confrontation. People, on the other hand, defensively clung to their need to be right no matter how flawed their thinking.”

“Only a woman could make so much out of so little. Give them a single fact and they'd fashion it into a story before taking a single breath.”

“You should know something, Miriam.... God changed our futures yesterday. There's no other explanation for what happened. And it wasn't the first God. If you ever need hlep, you might want to try the second God.”

“Women could be quite crafty, he knew that much. His father said it often. Smarter than men, too, most of the time. You had to know your way around if you wanted to fall in love with a woman.”