“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...”

“Oh. I touch my cheeks. You licked me.He laughs and leans over, giving a tiny tongue swipe to my hand. Youre very lickable.I try to hit him. He laughs harder and grabs my hands.No fair! Mere mortal ...”

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”

“Healing starts the moment you accept the truth about what has happened. But healing doesnt come quickly. When you know that death or pain has come, you face a moment when you stare that pain in the...”

“Madness is freedom and some may only perceive its Insanity.”

“Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, runningthat's the way to live. All alone and free in the soft sands of the b...”

“Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.”

“Promise YourselfTo be so strong that nothingcan disturb your peace of mind.To talk health, happiness, and prosperityto every person you meet.To make all your friends feelthat there is something in ...”

“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”

“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”