Ooh, it's too embarrassing to share my innermost romantic secrets - although I have written Danielle the odd poem. If anything they are more comedic than romantic. They used to be well - received but...

Is that what you meant when you said the more you love a person the harder your heart breaks?

He held his fingers to my lips. Shh, don't say it, Tyler. Don't say the words that will fucking break me. Don't say the words that will tear my world apart. Dean sighed and gripped his eyes shut...

If someone looks into your eyes, I read in a book one time, he'll see right into your soul. I didn't want anyone to see into my soul.

His voice gave out and he made several wavy motions with his hand, indicative of the shape of a woman who would probably be unable to keep her balance.

... I'm not afraid of the opinions of others - but of being needed and coming up short ...

I gave them everything I had, and I guess it feels alright. I gave them my body, and they use it every night.

Have you asked yourself why you protect me? Are you as messed up about all this as me?

"How about this then." Chase shifted on the bed. Even without looking, Connie knew he was leaning over earnestly, his brilliant, lying black eyes full of sincerity. "I've missed you desperately. I'm...

Nothin' baby. You just get close too quickly because you've got a big heart and you want a big love.

This is stupid. There's work to be done. Tomorrow tens of thousands of us are going to take to the streets and demand fair access to education, and my smashed little heart shouldn't matter. But it...

Would you mind repeating that? I'm afraid I might have lost my wits altogether and just hallucinated what I've longed to hear.

"Simon," she whispered, vaguely surprised that she had just used his first name, for she had never used it even in the privacy of her thoughts. Moistening her dry lips, she tried once more, and to her...

Phury... I was going to come find you before I left. With a towel under his chin, Z looked at his reflection in the mirror, seeing his new yellow eyes. He thought of the arc of his life and knew most...

Look, I'm not ready for you," Min said. "I'm not prepared. I don't have any defenses when you're around. I make these plans and I mean it, I really do, and then I kiss you because I'm crazy about you...

In that moment, feeling my isolation in a way I never had before, I thought about calling her. But I didn't want to hear the fear and disappointment in her voice. I didn't want to deal with her...

"When the time is right, you might consider telling Theo that you've been in love with him for a long time now." Lucy sniffed. "And I'm supposed to do this without Milk Duds? As if!"

I want nothing more than to climb between the silk sheets and wrap our nude bodies around one another. I want to hold and be held. Sex is a wondrous thing, but tonight I wish to be comforted more than...

God.' She'd tasted of oranges and honey and he'd felt her shake beneath his hands. He'd wanted to strip her right there in the carriage with his men riding outside. She was driving him mad. He...

To my embarrassment, I was crying again. Real girl tears for the second time, these ones born out of frustration. That didn't happen to me very often, but I hated it when it did. It was faulty wiring...

You might not understand, but I gave you the best of me, and after you left, nothing was ever the same.

He was wondering if there was some cryptic, cultish mark on his door that told all the crazy people he'd have trouble saying no.