My heroines, more often than not, are the ones who are troubled and resistant.

Gideon was a man who’d lived an entirely solitary life, and yet he’d accepted me into it so completely that he could envision a future I was afraid to imagine. I was so scared I’d only be setting myself up for a heartbreak I couldn’t survive.

I thought we’d turned a corner. Maybe we did, but we hit a brick wall anyway.

I'd stop the world from spinning for you

Because of you, the world makes sense to me in a way it didn't before. I have a place now, with you.

I loved the way he kissed me, as if he had to, as if he'd go crazy if he didn't and had nearly waited too long.

I can’t think. I can’t work or sleep. My body aches for you. I can make you want me again. Let me try.