Romance

"I’m scared that you’ll make me love you…and then you’ll leave me."

"It's a wonderful fantasy, but it's not real. It's just watermelon magic."

"The weather had changed, all right. Gatlin had never seen a storm like this. And she probably didn't even know it was raining."

"It had been a long, dull day at Jackson without Hurrican Lena, and I was starting to wonder how I ever got through eight periods without all the trouble she caused me. Without all the trouble she made me want to cause myself."

"he said this turning his strong body to face the beautiful, stunning, breathtaking, astonishing, bewildering girl who was a princess and his one true love, Eodwyn. she had hair like raven wings and skin like snow that the dogs haven’t peed on yet and cheeks like cherry blossoms and eyes like a magnificent summer sky."

". . . I could't get lost in the story, not the way you need to be, to become somebody else."

"Only this time, now that she knew what it felt like to kiss him, she didn’t want to slap that look off his face, she wanted to kiss it off."

"Thank you,” I whisper. Words I never thought I would say to her. They unsettle us both.”“You want to thank me, Barrow?” she mutters, kicking away the last of my bindings. “Then keep your word. And let this fucking place burn.” (300)"

"I fell into the water with a large splash and sunk like a stone. My feet guided the way as I drifted further into the murky depths. Down. Down. Down."

"Trust and faith have left you.” “He will help guide you back to them.” “Blessings to you on your journey."

"I’m not broken. Not really,” I sighed. “My name is Novaleigh. Novaleigh Darrow."

"I looked around I realized I was standing on the edge of the muddy bank with tall trees in the distance. I could see the sun rising over the water just as the sky glistened a beautiful rose gold with ombre shades of purple and blue––just like in my dream. But this wasn’t my dream or was it? I can openly admit I have been mentally lost for months, but now as I sit here with an irate otter yelling at me, the idea of lost took on a whole new meaning."

"The day I let all that fear and worry consume me was the day it all changed. I slipped off that bridge and fell into the void I’d always dreamt about. The thing was, that was also that day I started to live."

"It was 5:45pm when I decided my future. By 9:43 I was well on my way to making it all come true. At 11:16 I took the first step to make it a reality. At 11:17 I fell and found peace."

"There was a moment of hesitation, and then her mouth opened against his, and her tongue slid into his mouth, and he was, under the strange stars, utterly, irrevocably lost."

"I was drowning, but all I needed to do was breathe."

"When you're meant to do something, life will have a way of giving you no option but follow the road you're meant to walk."

"This-our love for each other-was the most sacred of things my hearts had ever known. And I was willing to do whatever it took to preserve it."

"You are alive in me."

"I feared my soul was dying, being replaced by the monster I would become."