“It's the kind of kiss that inspires stars to climb into the sky and light up the world.”

“His hands are holding my cheeks, and he pulls back just to look me in the eye and his chest is heaving and he says, "I think," he says, "my heart is going to explode," and I wish, more than ever, t...”

“I love you," I whisper. "I love you exactly as you are.”

“I touch the tip of my finger to his lips. "There are secrets in here," I say. "I want them out."He tries to bite my finger.I steal it back.”

“I feel like Ive been split open and stuffed with sunshine.”

“Please," he says. "I'm begging you to stop."I still. "I can't stomach your pain," he says. "I can feel it so strongly and it's making me crazy- please," he says to me. "Don't be sad. Or hurt. Or gu...”

“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.”

“And he leans in, so carefully. Breathingand not breathing and hearts beatingbetween us and hes so close, hes so close and I cant feel my legs anymore. I cant feel my fingers or the cold or the empt...”

“Juliette ? A tentative voice . Are you okay? I lower the pillow . Blink up . Warner is wearing a towel . A towel . I want to roll under the bed .”

“I cant be my own person, if i constantly require someone else to hold me together.”