Because letting someone in close meant they could hurt you. I knew all about that kind of fear. I lived with it.

It was a train wreck happening right in front of me and I couldn't do anything about it, except that not only was I watching, I was also the train.

Some things are better when it’s raining. Like reading. Or sleeping. Or this.” “Lying in bed with me?

But when you started dating someone, you could never be sure what you were getting into. You had to give someone a chance to show you who he really was . . . and believe him when he did.

You can never be truly happy in a life unless you have known a sorrow. All terrible things we have gone through in life have created spaces inside us where happiness can live Not to mention love.

I've never been convinced that everything in a relationship needs to be talked about. Some things can't be fixed by a conversation

His expression was infused with lust and adoration as he lowered his head to kiss her throat, his tongue venturing into the little spaces between the diamonds and round opals. “Why can’t you see yourself as I see you?” -Jack to Amanda