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41 " I want a life with you, Annie. I want to make love with you until you can’t walk. And have kids with you. I’m sorry it took me so long to figure out, but I’m not exactly used to having love feel good. He poked his finger in the rough direction of her face. “You talked about being a romantic. Romance is nothing! It’s a tiny word that doesn’t come close to what I feel for you. "
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips , Heroes Are My Weakness
42 " Charlie glared at the puppet. “I’m really mad.” “Sure you are. Super mad.” Leo circled his head one way and then the other. “I’ve got an idea.”“What?”“Tell him how mad you are. Then look really pitiful and ask him to take you Boogie-boarding. If you look pitiful enough, I bet he’ll feel so bad that he’ll take you.”Charlie wasn’t born yesterday. He looked past Leo to the man holding him. “Really! Can we go right now?”His father set Leo aside and shrugged. “The waves look good. Why not? Get your stuff.”Charlie jumped up, and raced toward the house. His legs pumping. But just as he got to the front step, he stopped and whipped around. “I get to drive!”“No you don’t!” his mother countered, slipping Scamp from her arm.Charlie stomped inside, and his father laughed. “I love that kid. "
43 " Eventually Theo would pick up their daughter, kiss the top of her head, and carry her to an old spruce stump. He’d crouch down, gather up the beach glass that was still scattered there, and whisper in her ear. “Let’s build a fairy house. "
44 " No siempre llega antes quien más corre. "
45 " -Seguro que hiciste un pacto con el diablo: le diste el alma a cambio de saber cocinar.-Y de poder ver a través de la ropa de las mujeres -añadió Theo a la vez que dejaba caer una pinza vacía en el bol para los restos del caparazón. "
46 " Their kisses had gone on and on—cheeks, neck, mouth, and tongue. Seconds . . . minutes . . . hours. Then they’d start all over again. Adults were too fixed on the final goal to take that kind of time. Only teenagers afraid of the next step exchanged kisses that lasted forever. "