Your number was up the first time I met you.

No, actually 'The Host' was totally a palate-cleanser for me. I wanted to do something a little bit different than romantic love. Romantic love is in there, obviously, because I enjoy writing about that and living it a lot.

He sighed. "The clouds I can handle. But I can't fight with an eclipse.

I made a concerned effort to focus. There was something I needed to say. The most important thing. I love you," I said, but it sounded like singing. My voice rang and shimmered like a bell. As i love you,"He told me.

And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.

I love you. You're my only reason to stay alive... if that's what I am.

no two writers go about things in exactly the same way (intro)