“Why does she even bother sleeping? I heard Elizabeth ask quietly. Youd think by now shed stop trying. We dont need it.I paused, waiting to hear Miakas response. She must have a really wonderful dre...”

“Books were a safe place, a world apart from my own. No matter what had happened that day, that year, there was always a story in which someone overcame their darkest hour. I wasn't alone.”

“Wanting to cry doesn't mean you can.”

“I felt a warm hand touch my forehead. And then my cheek. I held my act steady though Akinlis touch made me feel more than awake.Where in the world did you come from, you beautiful, silent girl? he ...”

“He grinned back at me, and I remembered how normal hed made me feel the first time wed met. Here, once again, he wasnt bothered by my silence. And I suddenly realized what made me feel so uncomfort...”

“Id waited an eternity for this. Id have waited all over again if I had to. I was meant to kiss this boy, designed to be held by him.”

“We know you're strong, but accepting help is its own kind of strength.”

“Whats it like to be in love?"Its the most wonderful and terrible thing that can ever happen to you,”

“Whatever happened, I'd met my person, the one my soul connected to.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”

“The Soul is attached to the world, and her Love contains the passion, beauty, and awe that make life worth living.”

“The true energy of Love confidently and unwaveringly burns away all sediment that clings to story while dropping us hard into the naked and raw hum of Right Now.”

“Once you know your Soul, you are never again subject to give your authority away. You own your truth directly and with certainty.”