“He searched for my gaze and the second he found it, I cracked a smile. There it is. He palmed his chest again and sighed. All is right in the world again.”

“His smile was small and immediate, crooked, like Id put his whole world off its axis, but he was somehow okay with that.”

“We have to be bigger than the things we suffer.”

“Jealousy is when you want something that you cant have, something that doesn't belong to you. Being protective is defending whats yours. He leaned in, his hand closing around my jaw as his nose ski...”

“Every day is its own infinity, every hour, its own eternity, every minute, its own forever.”

“I wrapped my arms around his neck and held on as he showed me what love felt like. As he showed me that a kiss could change your entire world.”

“History has been written, but it has not always been right or complete.”

“I want to kiss you again, Tess.Why?He chuckled, low under his breath. Why? Because youre beautiful, and because I want you. And I think you want me too.”

“With every breath I take, I will always love you.”

“Every day is its own infinity, every hour, its own eternity, every minute, its own forever.”

“There is no such thing as a soulmateand who would want there to be? I dont want half of a shared soul. I want my own damn so”

“I might like to have someone courting me. But it would have to be someone who is a square shooter and who has a train load of courage. And it would have to be someone who doesn't have to talk down ...”