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21 " It doesn't taste anything like the drink I had at the party with Tucker. And now, almost two years later, I realize why. Tucker never put any rum in my rum and Coke. That little stink. That overly protective, impossible, infuriating, and utterly sweet little stink.In that moment I miss him so much my stomach hurts. "
― Cynthia Hand , Boundless (Unearthly, #3)
22 " Love is a many-splendored thing," she says. "But it is also a pain in the ass. "
23 " But now...it's like when part of you stops hurting and suddenly you're yourself again, healthy and whole, and only then do you understand that you've been in pain for a while. "
24 " This is the part where my life becomes all apocalyptic, I think. "
25 " ..." Happpiness is wanting what you have "
26 " You're a little bit of a show-off. First you get us out of hell. And then you defeat like the biggest, baddest Watcher on the books, and then you go on a high-speed, very high-altitude chase, and then you resuscitate the dead. Are you done? Because seriously, I don't know if I can take any more excitement. "
27 " I close my eyes again. There’s the smell of mountain snow on the air. I shiver. I would have brought a coat if I’d known I was going to be in Wyoming today. I’m a wuss about cold.You’re my California flower, I remember Tucker saying to me once. We were sitting on the pasture fence at the Lazy Dog, watching his dad break in a colt, the leaves in the trees red just like they are today. I started shivering so hard my teeth actually began to chatter, and Tucker laughed at me and called me that—his delicate California flower— and wrapped me in his coat. "
28 " I missed his voice in my head, in my ears. I missed his face. His smile. "
29 " I’m ready to stop saying good-bye to things. I’mgoing to start saying hello. "
30 " But there’s something about you two, when you’re together. It’s like you fit.” He grins. Shrugs. “He’s your soul mate. "
31 " I don’t know ifyou know this about me, but I am a soldier.”Or the leader of God’s army, but okay, let’s be modest. "
32 " You healed him until you passed out, until you stoppedbreathing yourself for a few seconds, and then Jeffrey thumped him on the chest a fewtimes, gave him a couple of puffs that I’m sure neither of them will ever want to talkabout again, and he came back. He coughed out about a gallon of lake water, but he cameback. "
33 " Hell stinks. "
34 " He’s waiting. He’s still waiting. He’s given up everything for me. His entire life. His future. Everything, because he wants to keep me safe. Because he believes, in his heart, that he’s my purpose and I’m his. "
35 " I wanted to kiss you,” he murmurs. “Me. Not because of some vision I saw. Because of you. Because of what I feel. "
36 " I don't have to do this alone.If I had my gratitude journal on me now, that's what I would write. "
37 " Sanity is overrated. "
38 " I would lay down my life to protect you, Clara, "
39 " Have a nice life, Clara,” he says. “You deserve to be happy. "
40 " Today it’s just us and the wind. "