“Im the guy who knows how you can hurt so much that your insides feel like theyre cut and bleeding.”

“I love you, Skye. Youre in my heart, in my head, under my skin. Youre my present and my future.”

“Maybe Duke was just the kind of person you dont keep in your life, but the kind of person that changes your life forever.”

“With you and me, I don't know what anything means. We're pushing each other away and yet I don't seem to be able to let you go.”

“It's fine, but don't ask me to strip again or I'm going to wonder what your intentions really are.”

“His grip on my shoulder tightens. His other hand behind my head caresses me softly and I sigh."Touch me, Skye."His voice is rough, almost sounding like a groan.”

“Any man's a fool who lets himself be a wage-earning slave, today.”

“If love is like a possession, maybe my letter are like my exorcisms”

“I had fallen too far. I was in love with Rush Finlay.”

“She was an idiot. An adorable, gorgeous, feisty, funny, sweet, sexy idiot.”

“Did you miss me?A little bit, she said with a shrug.You have tears running down your cheeks, he said with a grin. I think you missed me more than a little.”

“I don't know what the future holds. I only know that I want to be with you. You and me. Everything else is negotiable.”

“It took me years to figure out that upset was upset, and tumultuousness was not the same thing as passion. Love isn't drama.”

“I just wanted to tell you that I understand if you go. Its okay if you have to leave us. Its okay if you want to stop fighting.”

“I'd heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV, featuring some dragged-out woman with a limp perm and big, painted-on circles under her e...”