'Til There Was You Quotes

“You must have had friends. Didn't you have friends in the army?" He drew a long, slow breath. Just generally he told himself. That was all she was asking. " In the army, you've damned if you do and damned if you don't. You want somebody you can trust at your back, but you get to close... They get blown away, and you're blown away with them.”
― Kathleen Eagle, 'Til There Was You

“I think it’s important for our…for the baby to know when it gets a little older that at least we were friends.”
He settled her back against the cranked-up bed and followed, kissing her tear-wet cheeks. “I understand that now. Friends who can touch each other—” and he did touch her gently, tenderly, through the soft cotton of the hospital gown and her nipple hardened against his palm “—in places no one else can touch.”
“Oh, Seth.” His touch was the only balm that could soothe her aching heart.
“Even deeper than this.” He slid his hand beneath the covers and warmed her belly. “Even deeper than I can go when I make love to you.”
“Only you can do that,” she whispered, closing her eyes. “I can’t get deep inside you.”
“Oh, yes, you can, Mariah. Yes, you have.”
“If you start, I won’t want you to stop.”
“Good,” he said as he nuzzled her breast.
“You’ll mess up my vital signs.”
He chuckled. “We’ll mess up each other’s.”
― Kathleen Eagle, 'Til There Was You

“His face always got soft with wonder when he felt the life within his wife’s womb. “This kid’s on the move.”
Mariah sat up straight and worked her fingers against her lower back again. “He can move out any time now.”
“Your back hurts, huh? Come here.” She offered no resistance as he sat on the grass and drew her to sit between his legs. “Lean back and let me do that for you.”
“We’re sitting right out on the front lawn,” she reminded him as she dropped her head back against his shoulder. His hands felt so much better on her back than her own did.
“So what? We’re dressed.” Then he lowered his voice near her ear. “I’m only imaging we’re not.”
“You’re fantasizing about giving a back rub to a naked hippo?”
“Your stomach is beautiful, just like the rest of you, but I have a feeling it’s getting kind of heavy for you.” In sympathy, he kissed the corner of her forehead. “I wish I could carry it for you when you get tired like this.”
“The baby carrier from Dad will fit you nicely.”
Seth responded with a cheeky cluck. “There’s only one thing that came from Dad that fits me nicely.”
“Seth…”
She drawled his name, and he laughed. “You sound more like a wife all the time.”
― Kathleen Eagle, 'Til There Was You