His fingers never ceased to amaze me. They could break a man's neck, bandage a wound, and slide sensually across bare skin.

That's ridiculous." Especially the part about Christian being manly.

You guys are so caught up in your polished images and your passive-aggressive comments that no one ever comes right out and says anything. Well, I'm going to.

She felt so much emotionally, she would say, that a physical outlet - physical pain - was the only way to make her internal pain go away. It was the only way she could control it.

Yes, Roza. I did want you. I still do. I wish... we could be together. -Dimitri to Rose on their relationship

How do you say goodbye to someone who isn't exactly gone.

In an undertone, I murmured, "This isn't over. I won't give up on you." "I've given up on you," he said back, voice also soft. "Love fades. Mine has.