“I was afraid, she said, and I wanted to hear your voice.”

“You cant love anything properly from a distance.”

“He felt her heartbeat against his shoulder, through his jacket, light as raindrops.”

“I was afraid,” she said, “and I wanted to hear your voice.”

“You can’t love anything properly from a distance.”

“They’d dueled in the lamplight of her kitchen that night, savaging each other with accusations that could never be recalled. Now, he couldn’t remember half of what they’d said, only the colors and ...”

“I was afraid. Of getting hurt in other ways. To be truthful, I still am."His thumb stroked her cheek. "I would never hurt you.""I don't think you can promise me that." She squeezed his bruised fing...”

“Every night, I laid awake with your memories flooding through my eyes with the hope to be with you when sleep arrived.”

“The way to my heart shattered when you left me, but I was glad because your memories were invulnerable, locked inside my heart.”

“Bella. You were always my soul.”