“Better?" I went from holding her hand to hugging her. "Lindy, you loved me when I wasn't even human.You kissed me when I had no lips. You saw what was deep down inside me when I wasn't even sureabout it myself. Believe me, there's no way I could do better. I think you're perfect.”

“That night I lay in bed, remembering the moment when her hand touched mine. I wondered what it would be like to have her touch me not by accident, to maybe have her let me touch her.”

“What are you, in love with her?" Travis says. "You're staring like an idiot."The weird thing is, I think I am.”

“I'm a better person when I'm with you. I don't want to stop being that person. I don't want you to go”

“I believed she'd gotten past ther hatred of me, turning to pity instead. But how could I make that into love?”

“Through her jacket, I could feel her heartbeat. It made me happy to know she was alive, was real, was there.”

“She leans against me, head against my shoulders, and in that second, I know, against the lights and the bright and the heat and the gray, I really want to kiss her.”