“I can't promise you an ordinary experience, Kate. I wish I could transform myself into a normal man and be there for you, always, without the trauma that defines my life as "the walking dead." Sinc...”

“My mom said I was an escapist at heart.... that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one”

“Besides the alternate universe offered by a book, the quiet space of a museum was my favorite place to go. My mom said I was an escapist at heart . . . that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real...”

“I spent the rest of the day in someone else's story. The rare moments that I put the book down, my own pain returned in burning stabs.”

“He ran his finger along my jawline and down my neck. "The wait will be fun, but it's not going to be easy.”

“His eyes twinkled mischievously as he gazed at me with that look that always made me melt: as if I were edible and he could barely restrain himself from taking a bite.”

“Im a starving child trying to stuff my stomach, gorging my senses on the decadence of these moments as if Ill wake up in the morning and realize Im still sweeping cinders for my stepmother.But then...”

“But they say if you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true.”

“Keep Moving Forward”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”