“Hate looks like everybody else until it smiles”

“So,' he says. 'When's the big day? Have you set a date yet?''What?' I startle. 'For what?''For the day you're going to stop being such a dumbass,' he says shooting me a sharp look.'Oh.' I cringe. K...”

“Because I was dying.And Warner couldve let me die. He was angry and hurt and had every reason to be bitter. Id just ripped his heart out; Id let him believe something would come of our relationship...”

“I'm in love with you.""Good grief." She kept walking.”

“Sometimes a book isn't a heartbreaking work of staggering genius.Sometimes it's the only story you knew how to tell.”

“The words get easier the moment you stop fearing them.”

“And he leans in, so carefully. Breathingand not breathing and hearts beatingbetween us and hes so close, hes so close and I cant feel my legs anymore. I cant feel my fingers or the cold or the empt...”

“Juliette ? A tentative voice . Are you okay? I lower the pillow . Blink up . Warner is wearing a towel . A towel . I want to roll under the bed .”

“I cant be my own person, if i constantly require someone else to hold me together.”

“And you are?She fluttered her hand over her face andbrushed a wisp of light brown hair from her brow.The governor calls me Kitty. Itd probably be best if you did, too.What an alluring name? It make...”

“He look at you not because you are sexy, but because your perfect smile.”

“He looked at me with such raw need that my heart skipped a beat. He licked his lips and slowly lowered his head to mine. Does it even matter if he only wants me for my blood?”