But you were only sixteen and not far off from the truth, as only sixteen-year-olds can be.

And she knew without opening her eyes that it was Daniel. No other body in the universe fit hers so well.

I know he would die if you died, Luce

Would love be so different with someone else? Was love even possible with someone else? Love was supposed to be easy, wasn't it? Then why did she feel so tormented?

What does my soul look like to you?' 'I couldn't reduce it to words if I tried, but its beauty is unsurpassed.

Love is the only thing worth fighting for.

Friendship, Roland realized, was its very own kind of love.