" I’m a forever kind of girl. If I share my body with a man, it’s because I love him and he loves me. Because I want to share my life with him. I’m not ashamed of it…not at all.” Rapidly she blinked and her teeth caught her lower lip. “But somehow, standing here in front of you, it makes me feel small and foolish. "

― A.L. Jackson , Stay (Bleeding Stars, #5)