It’d been a long time since they’d been together, but as close as they were physically, they’d never been so far apart in every other way.

Don't worry about whether you can do it, Bailey Bean. Just pretend you can. Pretend enough and it becomes real.

She sucked in a breath. "You're..." When she didn't finish the sentence, he turned his head and watched her gaze drop to his mouth, which was only a few inches from hers. "Handy," she finished softly. "And you're..." She smiled. "Stubborn? Annoying?" "Set to go," he said.

Making a ski resort out of a molehill is wonderful if you’re a Smurf.

A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied 10 minutes later" Gen. George Patton,