If the hand of God had come down from heaven and smacked him dead, James could not have been more surprised.
He waited, certain he had misunderstood.

My brother doesn't know how to think of anything other than his own responsibilities."
"Perhaps she will teach him-?"
"Perhaps? Possibly? Maybe? Mother, Elin deserves better. Every woman deserves better.

I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award.

I'm surprised we were in it.

Relax, Cole, I wasn’t proposing.” She put her hand on his shoulder for a second, and when she
removed it, the impression of her warmth lingered. Burned.
And for a moment he wondered if marriage wouldn’t be such a bad idea.

You're right, you know," he says. "You're just right for me. And I'd bet my life that we've done this before. Because I can't imagine that I wouldn't have fallen in love with you the first time.