“Pull something out and show me. I said thoughtlessly. Isaac started snickering, Ethan joined in. Asher was holding back a laugh, his cheeks turning pink. I thought about what I said and started lau...”

“The dead still come to me every now and then. But the lulls between are getting smaller. They are finding me somehow. I tell them why they cant move on. I listen to their lives and talk to them if ...”

“Beautiful is sick, so were here to smother her back to health.”

“Pull something out and show me.” I said thoughtlessly. Isaac started snickering, Ethan joined in. Asher was holding back a laugh, his cheeks turning pink. I thought about what I said and started la...”

“Good shot.Not really. I was aiming for his balls.”

“Close your eyes and relax. One kiss. I dont bite. His hand brushed her cheek. At least not hard.Thats a joke, right? Because I have proof you do bite hard.”

“And I like the light-up.The what?The light-up, hed say. You know, that look people get when they finally realize youre for real. Its like electricity. It makes me tingle all over. Like a blanket fu...”

“When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for t...”

“You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?'I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinacy to implore...”

“Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying youre friends is easy. Being friends is not.”