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1 " I’ll be your friend in daylight. I’ll treat you as a comrade in every gas-lit ballroom. But alone, under moonlight, I’ll not pretend that I want you for anything but mine. "
― Courtney Milan , Unlocked (Turner, #1.5)
2 " Over the years, everyone stumbles. That's why I'll be here for you — and you'll be there for me. I don't expect perfection. I want you, and you're a thousand times better. "
3 " Maybe that’s what I have been looking for. When storms and rockslides threaten, I am looking for someone who will hold on to me and not let go. "
4 " This is why people are so hard to understand. I cannot even estimate their gravitational pull. "
5 " His past followed him around as faithfully as his shadow. "
6 " If it must be done, it's best done bravely. "
7 " If people did not fear me so, how could anyone tolerate me? "
8 " I do believe you would have cut the rope. "
9 " What you did when you were young could kill you. It just might take years to do it. "
10 " My entire notion of friendship altered when I depended on someone for more than just the pleasant passing of time. "
11 " He was nothing but a deep abyss of want, and only she could fill him. "
12 " The Bible got it wrong when it intimated that the valley contained the shadow of death. Death dwells in the high places. "
13 " I'll not pretend that I want you for anything but mine. "
14 " But none of that matters. When I see you, I remember that you made me want to drown rather than be myself. "
15 " We're friends...And what that means is this: I won't let anyone hurt you. Not if I can stop it. "
16 " I had to outrun the person you all believed me to be. "
17 " ...what started with those simple requirements -- make her notice me, but guarantee that nobody understood how I felt -- turned into the cruelest thing I have ever done to another human. "
18 " Of all the things I wish for in this world, I want you to find happiness. I suspect you never will have that with me, and I've resigned myself to the matter. "
19 " When I see you, I remember that you made me want to drown rather than be myself. "
20 " There was a savagery to his smile, and a darkness in his eyes when he watched her. He was in love with her. And it hurt him. "