You're an angel", Luce said, "I'm in love with an angel".

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

Love was a dance floor where everyone you loved left a mark behind.

There was nothing mean about his voice. In fact it was almost too nice. Like she was too dim to grasp whatever was so obvious to him. Which made her absolutely furious.

Shut up," Daniel said, but he said it softly and so tenderly that Luce suprised both of them by obeying. "I don't think you're stupid." He closed his eyes "I think you're the smartest person I know. And the kindest. And..." he swallowed, opening his eyes to look directly at her - "the most beautiful.

I can resist you or flee from you or try my hardest not to respond to you, but it makes no difference. You fall in love with me, and I with you". Daniel to Luce Page 352

She just wished loving him didn’t always have to be so hard.