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“I bought you love poetry! 'I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.'" I blink at him. "Neruda. I starred the passage. God," he moans. "Why didn't you ...”
“You're the most incredible girl I've ever known. You're gorgeous and smart, and you make me laugh like no-one else can. And I can talk to you. And I know after all this I don't deserve you, but wha...”
“I trail my fingers across his cheek. He stays perfectly still for me. "Please stop apologizing, Etienne.""Say my name again," he whispers.I close my eyes and lean forward. "Etienne."He takes my han...”
“The directness of her question throws me. "I don't know. Sometimes I think there are only so many opportunities...to get together with someone. And we've both screwed up so many times"- my voice gr...”
“I just can't fathom why anyone would stand on a ledge when there's a respectable amount of walking space right next to it.”
“He closes his eyes.Our lips brush lightly."If you ask me to kiss you , I will," he says.His fingers stroke the inside of my wrists, and I burst into flames."Kiss me," I say.He does.”
“Suddenly I register that St. Clair is shorter than Josh. Much shorter. Its odd I didnt notice earlier, but he doesnt carry himself like a short guy. Most are shy or defensive, or some messed-up com...”
“Is it possible for home to be a person and not a place?”
“How could I wish for it for so long, only to come back and find it gone. To be here, in my technical house, and discover that home is now someplace different.”
“But that's not quite right either.I miss Paris, but it's not home. It's more like... I miss this. This warmth over the telephone. Is it possible for home to be a person and not a place? Bridgette u...”
“And we're finally home.”
“To: Anna Oliphant From: tienne St. Clair Subject: So . . . Does that mean I can call you now?”
“Imagine," she said, after registering, "a whole city of gorgeous Italian guys. They can say anything to me, and it'll be sexy." "You'll be so easy," Rashmi said. "Would you like-ah to order-ah the ...”
“I spent the period reading the first novel assigned for English. And wow. If I hadn't realized I was in France yet, I do now. Because Like Water for Chocolate has sex in it. LOTS of sex.”
“Girl scouts didn't teach me what to do with emotionally unstable drunk boys.”
“We've stopped in front of Notre-Dame again. I point at the familiar star and clear my throat. "Wanna make another wish?""You go first." He's watching me, puzzled, like he's trying to figure somethi...”
“We'll be together. We both got our Point Zro wishes each other. He said he wished for me every time. He was wishing for me when I entered the tower.”
“A moment of reserve. "That was it? The whole story?""Yes. God, you're right. That was pants."I sidestep another aggressive couscous vendor. "Pants?""Rubbish. Crap. S”
“He snuffles. Oh, no.He's not going to cry, is he? Because even though it's sweet when guys cry, I am so not prepared for this.Girl scouts didn't teach me what to do with emotionally unstable drunk ...”
“And then I turn another corner, and my chest constricts so tightly, so painfully, that I can no longer breathe.Because there he is.He's engrossed in an oversize book, hunched over and completely ab...”
