“Falling for him would be like cliff diving. It would be either the most exhilarating thing that ever happened to me or the stupidest mistake Id ever make.”

“You dont take away my choices. You are my choice.”

“And yes, Ill admit, I am jealous. Im jealous of every minute you spend with him, of every concerned expression you send his way, of every tear shed, of every glance, every touch, and every thought....”

“Were you always such a stubborn, blind, obtuse girl?Are you calling me stupid?Yes, but in a more poetic way!Well, heres a poem for you. Get lost!”

“What are you doing?Kneeling before a goddess.Im not a goddess.You are. A goddess, a princess, a queen. As a soldier, I pledge myself to your service. As a prince, I grant you any boon within my pow...”

“Love is not a consequence. Love is not a choice. Love is a thirst. A need as vital to the soul as water is to the body. Love is a precious draught that not only soothes a parched throat, but it vit...”

“A good man shares his knowledge selflessly with everyone.”

“Any time your life is at stake and you can't find even one woman to come forward and say, 'This is a good man,' your problem isn't what kind of woman THEY are. Your problem is what kind of men YOU ...”

“A young man who doesn't have the foresight to seek out the girl he wants to be with and actively pursue her, doesn't deserve her.”

“What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed.”

“Sky, wait. The way his voice wraps around my name makes me wish the only word in his entire vocabulary way Sky.”

“I'm not going to do it again," Lena Marquez whispered to the red purse across the hall from her nestle of blankets. "Never again.”