“I forced a smile. It was the one i’d been practicing all morning. It felt tight at the edges and brittle everywhere in between.”

What little light was left inside me flickered out.

You’re mine, angel. And i’m yours. Nothing can change that.

Its brown. So maybe i had the teeniest, tiniest, most infinitesimal amount of auburn in my hair. I was still a brunette. Its the lighting, i said. Yeah, maybe its the lightbulbs. His smile brought up both sides of his mouth, and a dimple surfaced.

Human reproduction can be a sticky subject ewww! Groaned a chorus of students

It will cost me a lot to send you with scott wearing that dress but, just so you know: if you come with that dress slightly wrinkled,i will trace scott, and when i find him, it’s not gonna be pretty

I swear to you, patch, to take your love and cherish it. And in return, to give you my body and my hearteverything i possess, i give to you. I am yours. Wholly and completely. Love me. Protect me. Fulfill me. And i promise to do the same. ~ nora + patch

I want scott to look at me the way patch looks at you.

You smell good.” “it’s called a shower. Soap, shampoo, water-” “naked. I know the drill.

I dont like the idea of dragging you into something that could get messy fast. If you need one more reason, i love you. This is uncharted territory for me, but I need to know that at the end of the night, i have you to come home to.

Well, well, he said. Five days a week isnt enough of me? Had to give me an evening, too?

And you would have lost. We were surrounded. He threatened your life, and he would have made good on that threat. He had you, and that meant he had me, too.

We touched base at several strategic locations down our bodies, and it took all my willpower to break away.

Don’t make me regret this”, i said breathless. “you haven’t regretted me once.

He felt warm and familiar. He felt solid and safe. I wanted to cling to his shirt, bury my face into the warm curve of his neck, and never let go.

She already has a car. A ford. Thats like toyotas worst enemy.

I shook my head. I dont think so. This isnt a good idea. This isnt right. Theres all kinds of right, he murmured. On the spectrum, were still in the safe zone. … Definitely right. Usually right, patch continued. Mostly right. Maybe right.

Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.

I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”

It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work.

I don’t know how many times I’ve been 114 yards from the hole and made double bogey. Well, I hit a great drive, but it doesn’t matter. It’s only the next shot that matters.

If anything could have pulled me out of retirement, it would have been an Indiana Jones film.

Having been an actor and a writer for so long – 20 years or so – I felt that it would be daft to go to one’s grave without having directed. It’s a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day.

If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus.

I’ve been known to preach.