“The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.”

“It's a lot easier to understand things once you name them. It's the unknown that mostly freaks me out. I don't know the name of that fear, but I know I've got it, the fear of the unknown.”

“Are we taking the Subaru?No. Well run.Running is not part of my plan. Stopping right here is my plan.Im not actually supposed to run, I try to say. The arm and everything.Im sorry about your arm.Re...”

“So, Im a bear, she explains, eyeing us all. Wait? Is Issie something?Nope, Issie pouts. All human. All the time.The coolest human ever, Devyn says, reaching down and ruffling her hair.”

“We kiss for a long time, a good long time. I dont even notice that its cold and I forget to be afraid because thats just how good a kisser he is. His lips move above my lips. My lips ache for the t...”

“His eyes are so beautiful and dark and they do look like that dogsI mean, that wolfs. They are kind and strong and a little bit something else and I like them. I like them a lot. No, I like them wa...”

“Sometimes the one thing you need for growth is the one thing you are afraid to do.”

“They call her love, love, love, love, love. She is love, and she is all I need.”

“Being called love or my love by someone doesnt necessarily mean that you are loved or even liked by them.”

“Wife: a former girlfriend”

“One day you will kiss a man you can't breathe without, and find that breath is of little consequence.”

“The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?”

“Stephen kissed me in the spring,Robin in the fall,But Colin only looked at meAnd never kissed at all.Stephens kiss was lost in jest,Robins lost in play,But the kiss in Colins eyesHaunts me night an...”