"Like Apollo, I was shot through the heart by the gold-tipped arrow of love--but my Daphne was struck with the leaden shaft that repelled love. Tirelessly, I pursued her--but when I finally caught her, her lips were as cold as those of the legendary Daphne"

"This miraculous summer had changed the whole world for both of us... and now we were surely ready to receive..."

"Everything I've ever had, my sister Julie took away from me! And when she told me why, I was still helpless to stop her! She made sure that love could only be mine to ..."

"Meeting Billy was like meeting someone I already knew... and loving Billy was like loving someone I had loved before... for I had seen him -- and watched him-- and wanted him long before we met! The trouble was that I knew too much about Billy..."