I was suddenly overwhelmed by what an incredible person this boy was, standing in front of me, and by the fact that he was mine and I was his. "Right now," Sam said - and I saw that he held the invoice for today's studio time in his hand, folded into a bird with sun-washed wings - "it's hard to imagine that it is raining anewhere in the world." "From Linger, page 258

And Ronan was everything that was left: molten eyes and a smile made for war.

Sam,' the girl said. 'Sam.' She was the past present and future. I wanted to answer , but I was broken.

I just looked at her, feeling utterly empty. I didn't know what I was supposed to say to her. My life is in that bed. Please let me stay.

Wow, you're never allowed to sleep late again. You're crankier than a fat guy in stilettos.

I tried to picture her in a class, any class, anywhere on campus, and failed miserably. I pictured her frolicking in a forest glade around some guy she'd just sacrificed to a heathen god. That image worked way better.

It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are.