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1 " I can easily divide my life into two parts—before her and after. "
― Laurelin Paige , Hudson (Fixed, #4)
2 " Mon amor. Mon precieux, I say at her ear. Mon cheri. Mon bien-aime.My love. My precious. My cherished. My beloved. "
3 " I begin and end with her. It’s as simple and as profound as that. Our worlds have entwined and wrapped around each other’s completely. They’ve shaped into something new and fixed and whole. There is no longer her story or mine, but now and always, only ours. "
4 " God, those eyes. Those eyes find me, every time. "
5 " Because when you love someone,” she met my gaze in the mirror and said without a flicker in her confidence, “their world interests you more than your own. So much so that you disappear into them, and the only choice you have is to merge your life with theirs. Because otherwise, you cease to exist at all. "
6 " I need her to obsess about me, to love me so deeply that it rocks her world, because it’s how I love her. "
7 " They tell the story of a man who’s drowning in his love for a woman. Drowning, but he can still breathe fine. The woman’s flawed, but to him, she’s perfect. She makes his head spin. She’s distracting and inspiring. And he’s so enamored with her that every part of him loves for every part of her. It’s a song about being open, about having no barriers. About loving with “all of me” and asking for “all of you” in return. "
8 " I need her like I need air to breathe. "
9 " I’ll love her like this, without words, but with my life. "
10 " No one but her, never before, never again. "
11 " My commitment runs deep, and there’s no end to it. She’s inside me, wrapped around me like a tumor. There’s no way to cut her away without cutting into me. Without killing me. "
12 " Do you think your ugly is any different to mine? "
13 " I don’t want to go through this. I don’t want to be without her. I don’t want to miss her like I do, longing for her taste, her touch, her sounds. I don’t want to be reborn in this new world, a world that means nothing in her absence. I don’t want to be in this life without her. "
14 " How could I be expected to identify light when I dwell in total darkness myself? "
15 " And I love you.” I’ll tell her as many times as she wants to hear it. As many times as she lets me say it. And though this may be the last time I hold her like this, the last time I get to bask in her sun, I know I’ll never stop saying the words that have rested so deeply in me for so long. “I love you, I love you. I love you. "
16 " Because when you love someone," she'd met my eyes and answered without a flicker in her confidence, "their world interests you more than your own. "
17 " Then she turns toward the audience, and my breathe catches. Even here, twelve rows away, I can tell she’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. "
18 " God, she’s amazing. She’s everything that I never knew I wanted. I’m addicted to her—she’s my drug and I can’t get enough of my fix. But she’s also just the opposite. She’s my cure. She’s a balm that eases and relieves me. She’s rehabilitation. She’s remedy. She’s reason. "
19 " It’s unbelievable that she can turn me inside out like this. That she can bring a powerful man like me to my knees. I’m helpless about her. I’m hopeless without her. "
20 " The things she thinks are her flaws are the very aspects of her that I adore most. "