“Love, the emotion that should elicit healing, was in fact the most painful emotion of them all. It crept in when you didnt want it. Made itself at home, terrorizing your hormones with confusion. It...”

“I was naked under his gaze. Skin was just that: skin. But to see your soul stripped, laid bare for the eyes of someone you barely knew-that was terrifying.”

“I don't want to merely exist, Parker. I want to live. I want to leave the world with that one sweet moment.”

“Take this wine glass for example. If I had poured milk into it and told you it was wine, would you be upset when you took the first sip, expecting the bite of fermented grapes and getting milk inst...”

“I am. Im rude because I dont conform to societys standards that white lies are inconsequential. I dont believe in hiding behind words that arent truthful. Im an impatient man. I dont beat around th...”

“I so desperately wanted to be his gravity, to hold him on this earth and keep him from leaving me.”

“I touch the tip of my finger to his lips. "There are secrets in here," I say. "I want them out."He tries to bite my finger.I steal it back.”

“She blew out a breath between gritted teeth. Sometimes I really want toa frustrated soundbite you! He froze. I might let you. I wont do it if youd enjoy it.”

“You dont see someone flying and you begin to bite yourself for not being able to do that. You do what you can.”

“I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are.”

“Souls are flowers, only God has the right to pluck them. But those who commit suicide: their souls are the rotten blossoms of devil's garden.”

“We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.”

“I hug him tightly. I cant imagine my life without you, Christian. I love you so much it frightens me. Me, too, he breathes. My life would be empty without you. I love you so much.”

“Among my stillness was a pounding heart.”

“I take my hand back, like a leaf letting go. It hurts too much to hang on. So why does it hurt so much to let go?”