“I was afraid, she said, and I wanted to hear your voice.”

“You cant love anything properly from a distance.”

“Theyd dueled in the lamplight of her kitchen that night, savaging each other with accusations that could never be recalled. Now, he couldnt remember half of what theyd said, only the colors and lig...”

“He felt her heartbeat against his shoulder, through his jacket, light as raindrops.”

“I was afraid,” she said, “and I wanted to hear your voice.”

“They’d dueled in the lamplight of her kitchen that night, savaging each other with accusations that could never be recalled. Now, he couldn’t remember half of what they’d said, only the colors and ...”

“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...”

“I was afraid. Of getting hurt in other ways. To be truthful, I still am."His thumb stroked her cheek. "I would never hurt you.""I don't think you can promise me that." She squeezed his bruised fing...”

“Every night, I laid awake with your memories flooding through my eyes with the hope to be with you when sleep arrived.”

“The way to my heart shattered when you left me, but I was glad because your memories were invulnerable, locked inside my heart.”