I know he would die if you died, Luce

Don't go," she whispered, her eyes closed. It was all happening too fast. She couldn't give Daniel up. Not yet. She didn't think she ever could.

He captured my heart. He loves me for who I am, not what I can bring to him." - Lucinda Price, Rapture

Luce and Daniel fell in love for the first- and the last- time

Callie always said Luce was incapable of brutal honesty and that was why she got herself stuck in so many crappy situations with guys whom she should have just told no.

She liked the way he smelled - kind of free and open, like driving with the windows down at night.

I will wait for you as long as it takes. I will love you every moment across time.

Wisdom holds a candle to experience, but you've got to take the candle and walk alone.

The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment.

Will you stay with me ” she asked. Her voice was the thinnest whisper almost canceled out by a low groan of thunder.... Forever ” he whispered back. The sweet sound of his voice filled her up.

Fear is the only way to greet the devil.

An optimist sees a failure as an opportunity to excel, but a pessimist sees a failure as an opportunity to quit.

Perfectionism is slow death.

Every meal should end with something sweet. Maybe it's jelly on toast at breakfast, or a small piece of chocolate at dinner - but it always helps my brain bring a close to the meal.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

Don't let your want for perfection become procrastination

It is necessary, in order to know things well, to know the particulars of them; and these, being infinite, make our knowledge eversuperficial and imperfect.

You know, what's nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars...

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

Seems to me home is where I am loved and safe and needed.

Will people think I've been dropped? Oh God, you don't want people to think that. No one will want to touch you if they think you got dropped.