What was said about him, what the females needed to believe about him, was just oral masturbation for mouths that needed to be otherwise occupied.

If I can live through the events,” she said, “I can get through the memories.

V had a passing thought that she used the word "anyway" like an eraser on a crowded chalkboard. She said it whenever she needed to clear off the things she'd just shared to make room for more.

I'm in love," he said hoarsely. "With someone else. That's why." Qhuinn (Lover Unleashed)

It finally happened, he thought as he burrowed under his shirt and took hold of his heavy cross. All his life he’d wondered why he’d never fallen in love, and now he knew: He’d been waiting for this moment, this woman, this time. The female is mine, he thought. - Manny

As always, Blay was the anchor who kept him from being swept away.

I love her so damned much." Manny heard himself say. “That’s my heart right there. That’s my woman”.