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41 " My hand slid to the back of her head, and I felt her body react in a way that surprised her. I drew back only a fraction, my lips close to her ear. I whispered, “I’m not fucking scared of you.” If she wanted to dive headfirst, I was going to dive right behind her. She knew that was true. "
― Krista Ritchie , Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)
42 " And I see us in the sky. I see us in the sun and clouds. In the grass and trees. I see us in everything. "
43 " You shouldn’t look at me like that,” I tease. “And how am I looking at you?” “Like you love me.” “I do fucking love you. "
44 " I realized then that I’d never want to be vulnerable with any other man but you. Someone that understands me. Respects me. Loves me—so wildly. You were the only one. You are the only one. "
45 " You’re the kind of guy who would do anything to give me both the cake and the kiss. "
46 " I understand being sad in ways that don’t necessarily make sense. To wake up feeling a little dimmer than the day before, a little emptier, and his grief has manifested into this leeching sorrow. I "
47 " And she says, “You know your ass says, Bat Girl, right?” I didn’t. “That do it for you, Calloway?” “It does a lot of things for me. "
48 " Will you fucking marry me?” My smile widens. “Yes.” There is no other answer in my heart than this one. "
49 " Wanna make wolf pups with me, Calloway? "
50 " Strings that connect us to this world, to nature, to me, become apparent. We’re all living and breathing. We’re all terribly mighty things. "
51 " While we rest in silence, pages are being written between us. Telling the story of a crazy, sad girl and a fucking dangerous, lonely guy. I "
52 " Give Ryke Meadows my ashes. I want to be in the clouds, and no one is going to get there but him. "
53 " Jesus Christ,” Lo curses. “Am I the only one not armed?” I don’t say it out loud, but his words are basically a weapon. "
54 " He’s happier.” Sully stares down at me. “He’s happier with you too, you know.” We’re both smiling for a long moment. Being the cause of someone’s happiness, well—that feels like love, doesn’t it? "
55 " Friends might not be forever, but maybe friends that you view as family have long-lasting powers, destined to stick around. "
56 " People say you can’t describe love, but I have this theory that you can. It’s just subjective. Do you want to know what love feels like for me? It’s breathing and suffocating. Sobbing and smiling. Yearning and fading. To ache that much harder. To live that much larger. It’s every moment. Every single, tiny one. I’ve felt it all with Ryke. And it’s not solely the wild, crazed events that keep my heart pumping. It’s these small, most inconceivable seconds of time spent together. Our smiles. Our tears. Our limbs shifting or standing still. The instant our lonely souls are filled. I’ve never lived or loved wilder and freer than with him. "
57 " When you feel your strongest and most comfortable in the arms of whomever you’re with,” Rose says, “then you know. "
58 " our futures are fragile fucking things. At any moment, someone can be left behind. "
59 " He said 'you have love on your face' and he gestured to my mouth. I was smiling. I didn’t even fucking know I was. "
60 " asked nicely, and that didn’t seem to work. So I thought you’d be useful. Your language is more uncivilized than mine. "