Lust has less logic than love, sometimes, but it's easier to fight.

I am sincere, ma petite, even when I lie.

Your heart is not a wound to be poked at to see if the scab is ready to come off. You can be healed of that very old pain, if you’ll just let it happen. (Marianne)

murder takes presedence over watching my boyfriend strip" -ID, Anita to Nathaniel

He said,'Trust yourself, mon ami. You are not your friend with his so-sad tale. And Anita is not human. Through us she is more than that. Both of us huddle around her humanity like it is the last candle flame in a world of darkness. But by our very love, we make her less human, and more.

If you love someone, truly love them, you should never cause them pain. Never fill their eyes with something so close to grief.

By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips.