“Love, and you shall be loved.”

“What we all want, really, is to be loved. That craving drives our worst behavior.”

“You seem to think you have a choice,” Cam said. “But you have it backwards. Love chooses you. The shadow moves as the sun commands.”

“I think … I should go home soon. Mom and Luke are probably going nuts. What about you?”He shrugged, a casual lift of one shoulder. “You tell me. When I left Nevernever, I didn’t have any plans other than being with you. If you want me around, just say the word.”

“When someone beats a rug,the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.”

“It’s a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that’s very difficult, really difficult and very brave.”

“By night, Love, tie your heart to mine, and the two together in their sleep will defeat the darkness”

“It’s a weird phrase in English, in love, like it’s a sea you drown in or a town you live in. You don’t get to be in anything else—in friendship or in anger or in hope. All you can be in is love.”

“You know I love you, right?” The urge to kiss her goodbye was so strong that I almost broke our rules.She smiled, beautiful and golden in the late morning light. “Not as much as I love you.”“Oh, man. This is my dream come true: having an ‘I love you more’ debate. Here, I’ll start. I love you more. Your turn.”Sydney laughed and opened the door. “I’ve taken debate classes. You’d lose to my logic.”

“Sometimes, remembering hurts too much.”

“I’ve been working hard to become the kind of man she needs, the kind of man she already believes me to be.”

“You’re a dream. Like everything else.”

“Does that count as an argument? Can we kiss and make up now?””It was only half an argument.”“Fine. Then, you kiss and I’ll make up.”I laughed until he effectively shut me up with his lips.”

“You left with my soul in your fists and my heart in your teeth, and I don’t want either of them back.” ~Ben”

“It always struck me in years after how bizarre it was, how two people could look at one another with such tenderness and complete love, and how quickly that could dissolve into nothing but bitterness.”