Lucas," I repeated. "I know you can hear me. The guy I love is still in there. Come back to me." Once again longed for the release of tears. "Death couldn't keep me from you. And it can't keep you from me, not if you don't let it.

Are you calling me a weirdo? Highest honor I can bestow.

Every single day was just a box on the calendar that I could put a red X through; each one brought me closer to Lucas and to liberty.

In my opinion, all boyfriends should turn out to be secretly wealthy.

I apologized to her once for spending less time with her, but she blew it off. "You're in love. That makes you actually kind of boring to people who aren't in love. You know, the sane ones.

Balthazar was the kind of guy who used totally correct spelling and punctuation even when he was texting, which was sort of bizarrely hot. She was in serious trouble if commas could get her going.

We can always hate that which we loved, and with a fire as great as our love once was.