“That must be love: when everything else in the world could implode and you wouldn't care as long as you had that one person standing beside you.”

“I hold the bottle out into the rain and watch as the steady flow slowly fills it. When there is enough, enough that Beth can clearly see, I close the bottle and hand it to her.She raises a skeptica...”

“Jocks usually aren't smart. Their muscles feast on their brains.”

“Here's the thing- I love you and I love her, but I swear to God I'll kick your ass if you hurt her.”

“I need you.""I'm here."And we sit in silence.”

“Theres a power I only feel when Im with Isaiah. A boldness Ive never possessed in my life. Never in a million years would I have imagined Id be the girl whod say she was falling fast for a boy befo...”

“When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is alw...”

“There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.”

“...fairy tales, just a fancy word for lies...”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”