"I feel like I’ve been split open and stuffed with sunshine."

“I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe.”

“That this girl would know exactly how to shatter me.”

“Please," he says. "I'm begging you to stop."I still. "I can't stomach your pain," he says. "I can feel it so strongly and it's making me crazy- please," he says to me. "Don't be sad. Or hurt. Or guilty. You've done nothing wrong." "I'm sorry-""Don't be sorry, either," he says. "God, the only reason I'm not going to kill Kent for this is because I know it would only upset you more.”

“I touch the tip of my finger to his lips. "There are secrets in here," I say. "I want them out."He tries to bite my finger.I steal it back.”

“I love you," I whisper. "I love you exactly as you are.”

“Hate looks like everybody else until it smiles”