One day at a time. You rise, you eat, you bathe, and you talk to the few people you can tolerate while feeling so wretched. Over time, it hurts a little less. Then a little less. And so on...Until one morning, you will awake and realize the pain is only a memory. It will always be with you, but it will eventually lack the power to cripple you.

I require distance from the past in order to grasp the future.

If you crave something, I’ll be the one to give it to you. All of your needs, Eva, are mine to fulfill. Whatever it costs me.

If I was any more pleased with you, I would lose what little remains of my sanity.

You gonna deal with Mr. Hot and Moody?" "Not sure. I may just pull out my e-reader." He nodded. "Probably safer for your sanity.

As a writer, it's disheartening to write books that you pour your soul into and not have them distributed widely enough to find their audience.

I'm an animal with you," he murmured. "I want to mark you. I want to possess you so completely there's no separation between us.