" The fear is like metal on my tongue—I’ve known him but a fragment of time, and yet I’m certain if I accept his suit, it will destroy a part of me when he leaves.”
Keir reached forward to tuck her hair behind her ear.
“We’re all a little broken.” Quiet. Potent. “No one goes through life with a whole heart. "

― Nalini Singh , Angels' Flight (Guild Hunter, #0.4, #0.6, #0.8, #3.5)