“Thank you, she said, tears leaking out of her eyes. Thank you so much. A gentle and hesitant hand came down on her back. Dont cry, Treasure. Youll get me all wet and then Ill melt. Im made of sugar...”

“It was at that moment, that even though she'd thought it before, Finley realized that Emily was a bloody genius.”

“You don't look so special""You're looking in the wrong place," he replied with a hint of a smile. "Look into my eyes.”

“Finely blinked, "Griffin?""That's my girl." He murmured in a low tone, so no one but her could hear. Then, as the crowd drew too close, he swept her away,”

“Disturbed to her very soul, Finley could only shake her head. "You ask too much."A crooked grin curved his mouth. "Too much? You strange and wonderful girl, that is the least I'll ask of you.”

“Thank you,” she said, tears leaking out of her eyes. “Thank you so much.” A gentle and hesitant hand came down on her back. “Don’t cry, Treasure. You’ll get me all wet and then I’ll melt. I’m made ...”

“It was not, of course, a proper thing to do. But then I have never pretended, nor will ever pretend, that Emily was a proper child. Books are not written about proper children. They would be so dul...”

“I like people with depth, I like people with emotion, I like people with a strong mind, an interesting mind, a twisted mind, and also people that can make me smile.”

“I'm too much of a coward to kill myself. And too much of a coward to live”

“Words don't means”

“Words don't means”