“Some things are private. Some things needed to be said, even when the person who needed to hear them couldnt hear anything. Ever again.”

“Sorry doesnt mean anything! Not when youre still with him. Its not just that you cheatedits that hes still here, and youre still with him. It just goes on and on, and it hurts every single time I s...”

“So instead of ignoring the pain, I called out to it, reaching for more. Pain is part of who I am. Its the defining characteristic of a Shifters transformation. Pain is what I suffer from my enemies...”

“When I was a child, all problems had ended with a single word from my father. A smile from him was sunshine, his scowl a bolt of thunder. He was smart, and generous, and honorable without fail. He ...”

“I want to kiss you. Jaces whisper pulled me from my thoughts and I glanced up to find his eyes blazing with raw need. Just because Marc wont touch you doesnt mean I shouldnt. Right? I dont have tha...”

“I dont want to love himthis would be so much simpler if I didnt. But I do.Hes funny, and passionate, and strong, and he believes in me more than I even believe in myself. When he looks at me, I fee...”

“Why is this so hard? I whispered.His pulse leaped crazily at my admission. Everything worth fighting for is hard.”

“I want you. I want you so badly I can’t stand it. When you left, it felt like the world got darker. Like I couldn’t truly see anything. Couldn’t feel anything.”

“Why is this so hard?” I whispered.His pulse leaped crazily at my admission. “Everything worth fighting for is hard.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic 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...”