"You drive me crazy," Gabe said, finally awake, sliding his hand across her stomach. "You never do what I tell you to, and you challenge everything I say, and I wish to hell you'd stop it. You make me so mad I yell at you, and then I look at you , and I can't get enough of you, and I know I never will. If I come down to the office and you're not there, the whole day goes to hell. If I'm having a lousy day and you come in, the sun comes out. I - "
"I love you." Nell sat up next to him and clutched his arm. "Like nothing ever before. You let me be strong. I don't have to pretend, I don't feel guilty with you."
"Honey, I don't let you be anything," he said, with laughter in his voice. "You just are."
~ Jennifer Crusie, Fast Women
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