“I was getting an A for work. But not for talent. The story of my life.”

“I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.”

“How could I have ever been ashamed of loving Dante Quintana?”

“Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder.”

“Summertime. It was a song. It was a season. I wondered if that season would ever live inside of me.”

“I think you love him more than you can bear.”

“Ari!" Jeb had finally seen his son. He rushed to Ari's side and knelt next to him. Looking stunned, he gathered Ari's hulking form and held him to his chest. "I'm so sorry." I saw his mouth shape t...”

“She bit the inside of her cheek. You wouldnt keep secrets from me, would you? I mean weve been friends how long?"We have been friends, thirteen years, eight months, two weeks, four days, The wheelc...”

“I guess I did miss Dante-even though I tried hard to not think about him. The problem with trying hard not to think about something was that you thought about it even more.”

“Its not by accident that people talk of a state of confusion as not being able to see the wood for the trees, or of being out of the woods when some crisis is surmopunted. It is a place of loss, co...”

“I felt for the tormented whirlwindsDamned for their carnal sinsCommitted when they let their passions rule their reason.”

“Griff held his breath, waiting for it, knowing the axe would fall and hed start dying as soon as he walked out the fucking door, and Dante would just grin and joke and try to forget what they had d...”