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1 " After Toby died, I… There’s just no way I can adequately describe the despair. And the worst part? We had to share our agony with three thousand other families and an entire nation that was changed forever by what happened that day. But for us, for me, it was so intensely personal.” “I didn’t know anyone who died that day, but as a pilot and an American, it was one of the most gut-wrenching things I’ve ever lived through. I can’t even begin to know what it was like for people who lost loved ones. "
― Marie Force , Desire After Dark (Gansett Island, #15)
2 " I’m not proud of my lack of courage.” His eyes went wide. “Are you kidding me? Your courage was—and is—astonishing. It would’ve been so much easier for you to follow through with your plan. Instead, you thought of what it would do to your parents, and you put them ahead of yourself. You chose to live with nearly unbearable pain. If that’s not courage, I don’t know what is. "
3 " Would you be embarrassed if I used that word in front of your parents? For example, Erin’s pussy is delectable.” Shrieking, she covered his mouth with her hand. “Don’t you dare do that. "
4 " I’m afraid of so many things that never used to scare me,” she whispered. “I’m afraid of everything.” “Then you need to stick with me, because in addition to my former careers as an EMT and circus performer, I’m an outstanding dragon slayer. Never met one yet that could defeat me. I gotcha covered, sweetheart. "
5 " Well, he got it now. He couldn’t imagine ever again wanting to hold or kiss or make love to any woman but the one currently in his arms. And the thought of her with any guy but him made him positively murderous. "
6 " one thing I know for certain is that a life half lived is no life at all. "
