what if it was enough to just stand here in the arms of someone who ared about her, to let his simple affection steady her for a little while? it felt so good just to be held.

Don't go," she whispered, her eyes closed. It was all happening too fast. She couldn't give Daniel up. Not yet. She didn't think she ever could.

He captured my heart. He loves me for who I am, not what I can bring to him." - Lucinda Price, Rapture

Luce and Daniel fell in love for the first- and the last- time

Callie always said Luce was incapable of brutal honesty and that was why she got herself stuck in so many crappy situations with guys whom she should have just told no.

She liked the way he smelled - kind of free and open, like driving with the windows down at night.

I will wait for you as long as it takes. I will love you every moment across time.

Wisdom holds a candle to experience, but you've got to take the candle and walk alone.

The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment.

Will you stay with me ” she asked. Her voice was the thinnest whisper almost canceled out by a low groan of thunder.... Forever ” he whispered back. The sweet sound of his voice filled her up.

Fear is the only way to greet the devil.

I cannot afford to waste my time making money.

The ticket to Utopia ia real Love that springs from within us.

Under the stars, I tried to sleep, but for once in my life couldn't.My mutant super power-the ability to nod off at at the drop of a hat, any time, anywhere-had deserted me.

Why do I keep evading my work? Is it because I’m afraid of being confronted by my lack of abilities?

Today I trust my instinct, I trust myself. Finally.

My way of fitting in was through jokes and making people laugh.

Misery, depression, elation all mine, refine confinement all my design.

The mining industry might make wealth and power for a few men and women, but the many would always be smashed and battered beneath its giant treads.

I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.

Usually the thing that signifies that I'm done with the winter and all that is that I start skateboarding.