Did I really want to stay on this road longer, knowing it was only going to end in devastation?

My life sucks when I’m only half-aware of it. If I quit drinking and saw what it’s really like, I’d probably jump off a bridge.

The antique, almost primitive band he held between his fingers caught the sunlight, glinting silver. “I found this ring shortly after I was banished from heaven. I kept it to remind myself of how endless my sentence was, how eternal one small choice can be. I’ve kept it a long time. I want you to have it. You broke my suffering. You’ve given me a new eternity. Be my girl, Nora. Be my everything."

If you can't feel then why did you kiss me? Because I can feel it here, in my heart.

Citizen's arrest," he said. "Well, that, and Patch told me to.

I want Scott to look at me the way Patch looks at you.

Busted. I'm a monster. Jev is my deceptively harmless-and shockingly handsome-alter ego.