I will never stop loving you. No one can change that. No matter what happens later, I’ll still love you.

I think Mount Everest is gorgeous, too, but that doesn’t mean I have any intention of trying to climb it

God, Bones, you must have argued yourself blue in the face.

This is our true tie," he whispered, his breath falling hotly onto my lips. "You're meant for me, and I will have you.

How could you be nervous about asking me to marry you, Bones? I'd die for you. Why wouldn't I want to live for you as well?

We are not helpless...Many times in our lives we’ve been powerless, but not this night. Right now we have the power to choose the manner in which we die. If you have been a master of nothing else in all your days, you are now a master of this moment. And I for one am going to give such an answer to this insult that others will dearly regret not being by my side to see it!

Age had taught him patience. Youth had taught me to get frustrated at the lack of progress.