After meeting her, Bush thought that Laura was "a very thoughtful, smart, interested person -- one of the great listeners. And since I'm one of the big talkers, it was a great fit." ("Fortunate Son," page 59)

"If it wasn't love at first sight, it happened shortly thereafter. My wife is gorgeous, good-humored, quick to laugh, down-to-earth, and very smart. I recognized those attributes right away, in roughly that order, the night our friends Joey and Jan O'Neill conspired to introduce us at a dinner at their house." ("A Charge to Keep," George W. Bush, page 79)

Her friend Regan Gammon said. "She came back from that weekend in Midland and said, 'I had dinner with this guy George Bush. I kinda like him. He kinda likes me.' Then he started coming to Austin. A lot." ("Laura Bush," page 65)

Laura and W spent their honeymoon and the first year of their marriage campaigning in West Texas. "It was the district that both of us had lived in for a lot of our lives," she said. "So we made the drive together every day for a year, driving up and down, campaigning two counties wide, straight up the Panhandle of Texas right on the New Mexico border...It was also a time for us to be alone in the car. Newly married -- especially after having such a short engagement -- it really gave us a chance to know each other." ("The Family," Kitty Kelley, page 357)