He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. I could have looked at him forever.

Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.

It shattered something inside me that hadn't been broken before.

Better than chocolate, being with you last night. Silly me, I thought that nothing was better than chocolate.

Gideon laughed. "I like to be direct.""Okay," I said. "But I warn you, I like to be evasive, inserutable and generally send mixed messages." "I doubt it.""Human interaction is not my strong point," I told him. "Not seriously.""Seriously," I said. Thinking: There is so much about me he doesn't know. Gideon put his hand on my leg. "What's your strong point, then?""Goats," I told him. "I am excellent with goats.

Touching him is familiar and unfamiliar. We have been here before. Also we have never been here before.

What fun we had, how beautiful we were.

When you hate someone you used to love, and you think he's done something awful - he probably has.

For Gat with everything, everything. Cady