"The Italians are not passionate: passion has deep reserves. They are easily moved, and often affectionate, but they rarely have any abiding passion of any sort."

"The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for…"

"The romance genre was all around us. There was love story pulps, and there was love story sections in the n…"

"I was trying to make you jealous!" Simon screamed, right back. His hands were fisted at his sides. "You're …"

"It's the imperfections that make things beautiful"

"If you say that this is absurd, that we cannot be in love with everyone at once, I merely point out to you …"

"Looking around at the faces of his colleagues in the Senior Common Room he felt reassured: not a Lineament …"