Can't you for once, just this once, stop over thinking, and just…feel?

There’s lust…and then there’s chemistry. There’s a big difference between the two.”“Lust is a physical connection. Nothing more, nothing less. Chemistry, on the other hand, is beyond physical.

the kiss he was giving her today was oh, so achingly slow and heart-stirringly tender. It tugged at the deepest corners of her heart, pulled at every heartstring, stirred each nerve ending. It was so beautifully poignant she felt like crying and laughing at the same time. She felt him—every fiber, every atom of his being, even his very soul—meshed with her own.

A feeling so alien persisted inside him. He searched for a word to describe it. The nearest word he could come up with was elation. He was full of immeasurable joy because she was simply there. She was near him, breathing the air he breathes, treading the very ground on which he walks. She was with him, on this island, in this very moment. And somehow, it gave him the most amazing kind of peace.

It wasn't your fault that she died. It wasn’t Ava’s fault, too, or anyone, for that matter. It's just how things were meant to be. There doesn't need to be a rational explanation for everything. You have to accept that and move on.

Remember what I told you back in Japan.”She remembered what it was. Talk and listen. The basics of communication and the key to almost all marrige woes, according to Maureen.Why was it always easier said than done?

He needed to hear her voice, needed to know she’s breathing and living. He needed to feel her heart was still his.

His heart was screaming her name, refusing to believe what his brain was hammering down, repeatedly, into his soul. His heart was recalling all the times he saw pure, unadulterated love for him radiatingfrom her lovely face. . . or was it just lust? Was it all fake?

Green,” he muttered.“What do you mean?”"You're turning green, Miss Hernandez."Feeling insulted, she growled, "What are you talking about? I'm not the Incredible Hulk!"Chuckling, he shook his head. "No, you're not, thank goodness. But you're green. Green and jealous.