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1 " Time was like that, though - racing forward when she wanted it to slow down, then crawling to a stop when she could least bear it. "
― , Illusions (Wings, #3)
2 " No - the light in Tamani's eyes was much more than a reflection. It was the fire that melted her anger and devestated her resolve, every single time she saw it. "
3 " Whether or not there was room in her life for Tamani, Laurel knew that there was precious little room in Tamani's life for anything but Laurel. He lived to protect her, and he'd never failed her. Annoyed her, frustrated her, hurt her, maddened her - but never once failed her. "
4 " All I'm saying is that you shouldn't stay with him for the wrong reasons, even if they are noble ones. No one owes it to someone else to be their girlfriend. It's a choice you remake every day. "
5 " But with me, you are never just a spring faerie. "
6 " Human locks? Please," Tamani said. "May as well leave the door open. "
7 " As far as her mom was concerned, tea fixed everything. Have a cold? Have some tea. Broken bones? There's a tea for that too. Somewhere in her mother's pantry, Laurel suspected, was a box of tea that said, 'In case of Armageddon, steep three to five minutes'. "
8 " Oh my gosh, is that an iPhone?!" Laurel asked, her voice unconsciously rising in pitch and volume.Tamani looked up at her, his expression blank."Yeah?""He has an iPhone," Laurel said to David. "My faerie sentry who generally lives without running water has an iPhone. That's. Just. Great. Everyone in the whole world has a cell phone except me. That's awesome. "
9 " You could be David's friend too". She glanced at Tamani when he said nothing. He was frowning. "The two of you really have a lot in common, and we're all in this together".He shook his head. "It wouldn't work"."Why not? He's a nice guy. And it would do you good to have some human friends", she said hinting at what she suspected was the root of the problem. "It's not that", Tamani said, gesturing vaguely with one hand."Then why?" Laurel asked, exasperated."I just don't want to cosy up to the guy whose girl I have every intention of stealing "
10 " He'd been back for about two weeks, and everything in Laurel's life had been thrown into Chaos. Sexy, sexy chaos. "
11 " Aww, come on. I don't bite...hard. "
12 " Are you glad to see me? "
13 " Square root of a cosine? How is that ever going to be useful? "
14 " Someday , Tamani told himself. Someday it'll be me. "
15 " I just want to kiss you." He slid his hand up her neck, cupping the side of her face. "Do you want to kiss me? "
16 " I closed my eyes," he repeated after a few shallow breahts, "and imagined she was you. "
17 " I'm not asking for forever," Tamani said. "Yet. I'm just asking for a moment. "
18 " But love is something that has to be as selfish as it is unselfish. You can't make yourself love someone because you feel like you should. Just wanting to love someone isn't enough. "
19 " Tamani has generously agreed to donate his body to my research." The words were out of Laurel's mouth before she realized how bad they sounded. "I mean he's helping me. "
20 " Thank you for the exquisite comfort of your kitchen floor. "