“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...”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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...”

“I can text in complete sentences. Oh, yeah, its a skill. He smiled, proud of his accomplishments. And, thanks to my mom being a competitive dancer as a teen, I know how to do the Lindy hop and the ...”

“Akinli, this strange boy whose life at the moment seemed to be hanging on this, pushed himself from the bed.Julie gasped, watching as his arms trembled under his weight, even as thin as he was. He ...”

“I'm oxygen and he's dying to breathe.”

“Do not fall in love with people like me. I will take you to museums, and parks, and monuments, and kiss you in every beautiful place, so that you can never go back to them without tasting me like b...”

“It was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the sea,That a maiden there lived whom you may knowBy the name of ANNABEL LEE;And this maiden she lived with no other thoughtThan to love and be love...”