I had never felt the allure of another human being this strongly, warmth and curiosity mixing to form an unspoken question in the air.

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.

Fencing isn't really fighting. It's more like chess with the risk of puncture wounds

And I wonder how Gage knew this is what my soul has craved. He turns me to face him, his eyes searching. It occurs to me that no one in my life has ever concerned himself so thoroughly with my happiness.

I've never wanted to be loved. And God Knows no one's done it yet.

But I hadn't known what love was. And I wondered how you could ever be sure, when you thought you loved someone, if you really did.

You shouldn’t rule out second chances. Sometimes they come with interesting bonus features.