Win told me that one isn’t improved by being at the top of the mountain, one is improved by the climb.

Ah, Evie,” she heard him say softly, “I must have a heart, after all…because right now it aches like the devil.”“Only your heart?” she asked ingenuously, making him laugh.He lowered her to the bed, his eyes sparkling wickedly. “Also a few other things,” he conceded. “And as my wife, it’s your duty to ease all my aches.

...Whether he stayed or left, whether they walked the same path or not. They could live on opposite sides of the world, and she would still be his.

My family has always believed that when we are faced with large and apparently impossible problems, the best solutions are found by the insane people, not the sensible ones.

A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.

I’m going to take Charity to France. I can look after her there. You can go on with your life here, and I won’t be here to … to bother anyone.”He muttered two quiet words.“What?” she asked in bewilderment, inching forward to hea.