“You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince”

“I hug him tightly. I cant imagine my life without you, Christian. I love you so much it frightens me. Me, too, he breathes. My life would be empty without you. I love you so much.”

“I want my world to start and end with you.”

“I've never wanted more, until I met you.”

“Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me. Perhaps I've spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high.”

“You wanted hearts and flowers, he murmurs.I blink at him, not quite believing what Im seeing.You have my heart. And he waves toward the room.And here are the flowers, I whisper, completing his sent...”

“Fear can be a potent aphrodisiac.”

“When the power of the shift rips the human body apart and transforms it into its new shape, there lives a second, less than a second, a mere shimmer of time when the mind is without a home, no body...”

“He moves suddenly so that his hand is cupping my sex, and one of his fingers sinks slowly into me. His other arm holds me firmly in place around my waist. This is mine, he whispers aggressively. Al...”

“I've never wanted more, until I met you.”

“It's much easier to wear your pain on the outside...”

“It's very hard to grow up in a perfect family when you're not perfect.”

“Sometimes it is harder to accede to a thing than it is to see its truth.”

“Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace.”

“The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven't yet come to the end of themselves. We're still trying to give orders, and interfe...”