“Anytime his gaze fell upon her, it was always the same. That awful chest pain, so relentless it was like his heart exploded.”
“Heart broken-he felt a deep ache in his chest, like that of a sore muscle, and each beat of his heart pained him”
“A pain exploded up high in her chest and spit her out of this terrible world.”
“His gaze fell to her lips then lingered on her neck."As you so invitingly put it, I'd be too busy chewing on people."~Kerestyan”
“She fell asleep, leaning on his chest, and he edged her a little off a particularly painful bruise, leaned his head back against the tree he had propped them up against, and closed his own eyes. ”
“She curled up and pressed her cheek against his chest. Her ear was right above his heart. She was listening to his thoughts. "I need to know this," Aomame said. "That we're in the same world, seeing the same things.”