“Seattle? With Caine? In a hotel?Id either kill him or screw him again.Fuck.Alexa, the speakerphone is on, Caines amused voice sounded from my desk.Oh, balls.”

“Ungentlemanliness? he teased. I dare you to say that five times fast.”

“when you asked me to stay away from you in your note, it finally hit me. You meant it. You werent going to try anymore. Id run out of chances, and I realized that the night before would be the last...”

“Tomorrow you'll receive your employment contracts. Once you sign those I'm your boss." When I didn't answer he said, "That means you act the way I want you to act. That means you shelve your attitu...”

“Without a word he started stalking down the street in the opposite direction my grandparents had taken. I started after him, my steps slower.And then quite abruptly Caine whipped around and marched...”

“Youre lying to yourself. Youre holding this up as a way to keep me locked out. But its too late. Im in. You love me. I smiled softly as he closed his eyes and gritted his teeth against my words. Yo...”

“Gentle whispers from above Awakened me more Than ever did This loud world”

“How could I explain to this girl what Will and I had been to each other,the way I felt that no person in the world had ever understood me like he did or ever would again?How could she understand th...”

“But I knew very well how the persona you chose to present to the world could be very different from what was inside.I knew how grief could make you behave in ways you couldnt even begin to understand.”

“But then had come the voice that said, "Come on, you little freak, wherever the hell you are,whatever the hell you are, lets get this done with.”

“But then had come the voice that said, Come on, you little freak, wherever the hell you are, whatever the hell you are, lets get this done with.”

“Say it. But...""But what?" he asked.She whispered it, sounding too vulnerable. "But only if its the truth, Caine. Only. If.""I love you," he said.”

“I built an idea in my head of the hero I wanted to be, a grab bag of traits from heroes, villains, and side characters. I did not have book role models, I had book blueprints.But there remained a h...”

“I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments.”

“Ethan: "You think I'm a hero?"Beth: "Yes."Ethan: "But lousy husband material?" Like that really mattered to him.Beth: "Don't sweat it. So was Superman.”