“The few moments of heaven were not worth the hell he put me through when he was done.”

“He's already proven he'll defy Heaven to keep her. If Hell wants a piece of him too, then bring it on.”

“I'd walked too close to heaven and gotten a glimpse. The hell I'd lived before her no longer appealed to me.”

“How about how the hell you're still a virgin at nineteen?" he said, turning his silver pools toward me.”

“ If I'd ever taken the time to wonder about my soul being as black as this town seemed to believe, I knew the moment Ashton stepped out of her little white Jetta looking like an angel from Heaven that my soul was damned to Hell. ”

“There are some things you need to know.” He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. “I’m dealing with the fact that you may walk away from me once you know them and never look back. It scares the hell out of me. I don’t know what this is that is going on between us but from the moment I laid eyes on you I knew you were going to change my world. I was terrified. The more I watched you the more you drew me in. I couldn’t get close enough.”

“I’ve missed you. I’ve had to put up with Rush’s sulking ass. So trust me I missed the fuckin’ hell outta you.”