“There was beauty in the idea of freedom, but it was an illusion. Every human heart was chained by love.”

“When you love someone, they become a part of who you are. They're in everything you do. They're in the air you breathe and the water you drink and the blood in your veins. Their touch stays on your...”

“These pictures are my heart. And if my heart was a canvas, every square inch of it would be painted over with you.”

“We are bound together, Emma, bound togetherI breathe when you breathe, I bleed when you bleed, Im yours and youre mine, youve always been mine, and I have always, always belonged to you!”

“The world is terrible," said Mark tonelessly. "And some are drawn down into it and drown there, and some rise above and carry others with them.”

“And that someone would pay. Revenge is a cold bedfellow, Diana had said, but Emma didn't believe that. Revenge would let her think about her parents without a cold knot forming in her stomach. She ...”

“You can only fight what you are for so long. Eventually the hand that nature has dealt you will make you become what you were meant to be. You have no control over it.”

“Playing the martyr doesnt suit you, Leila.Maybe not, but playing the complete and utter bastard clearly suits you.”

“I will not be threatened. Do you understand me? He leaned closer again, his lips less than a couple of inches from hers. Now try saying it without trembling.”

“work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.”

“Happiness [is] only real when shared”

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”

“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...”