“His lips slowly twitched. As a gentleman, I think you should sleep off the drugs in your system. Again, his wide, full lips curved wickedly. Unless you plan to move your hand lower, then I might fo...”

“Its the beauty that helps us return from the harshness. If it wasnt there, we would have nothing to live for.”

“Its nothing compared to happiness.I snorted through gritted teeth. What happiness?Exactly.Reality interrupts Jaw clenching, my nostrils flared as I felt a gush of blood flow.A whisper. Life. His bl...”

“Jacks face was now buried in his hands, his elbows still on his knees, and he hunched as he fisted his hair. Ezra? Evidence of his anguish to come was unmistakable in the catch of his voice.Ezras w...”

“Too long spent denying each other, we no longer hid our want.”

“I want to fall asleep next to you every night even when youre cranky. I want to wake up next to you every morning even when Im grumpy. I love the fact that when you snore it sounds a little like yo...”

“There are times when the unseen can be even more dangerous than what our eyes behold.”

“The most dangerous enemy is that which no one fears.”

“Speed is dangerous if your direction is wrong.”

“When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for t...”

“You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?'I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinacy to implore...”

“Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying youre friends is easy. Being friends is not.”