No spinning," I said. I wasn't sure my head or heart could take it. Up close, he was so warm, and so beautiful. I was already dizzy enough.

I don't want to just see someone's face; I want to know his shadow, too. —Jude

Let's carpe the hell out of this diem.

The thing that scares me is that some part of me understands where they're coming from. They took everything from us, you know? Why shouldn’t we be able to take it back if we have the power to?

If a heart could break once, it shouldn't have been able to happen again.

I closed my eyes. I forced myself to relax, to remember that here, now, and always, I was the predator.

It was almost painful, I thought, to have a heart so swollen with gratitude and what must have been pure, untainted happiness. I wanted to live inside the feeling forever.