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1 " I'm going to marry that girl one day. "
― Fisher Amelie , The Understorey (The Leaving #1)
2 " You know, I've never understood the phrase, 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' If you're passionate in love why would you not equally be as passionate enough to fight for it? "
3 " Let's start this place on nonexistent fire," I teased."Promise." She sucked in an excited breath.We closed our eyes and I placed my feverish mouth to hers. Immediately, violent, zealous flashes of shimmering flames climbed to the furthest point, trailed like rain down the pitched ceiling and spilled down the walls, gathering at their feet pools of fervent, bubbling, silvery liquid electricity before evaporating into nothing. "
4 " When i was nervous, I resorted to inadvertent insults. "
5 " I can say without absolute certainty that you are the only person in this world that deserves the moon, the ocean, and the stars. You are the only exception. You deserve them and if it takes me our entire lives to give them to you I won't settle until they are yours. "
6 " What made Jules extraordinary though, was that her heart was made of the most curious fabric. It could bend and stretch to fit every single person she met. "
7 " You make me feel like I'm flying Jules.""You make me feel like I'm fally Gray. "
8 " It's not possible to try too hard Elliott. Truth is, every girl deserves someone who tries hard. "
9 " Jules and I smiled a lot. So much, that I found my cheeks actually hurt when I finally rested my head at the end of the day. I would rub the muscles in them, readying them for their inevitable workout the next day. "