“I'd been writing for as long as I could remember, but once I read Otherworld, I'd stopped writing original stories to focus on fan fiction. It was such a rich, exciting world that I couldn't think of writing anything else.”

“How sad that I felt more of a connection to a fictional character than to a guy in real life.”

“Everything I did made me better -- tougher, stronger, richer, smarter -- or I didn't do it.”

“I must do whatever I can to find the best partners possible." "Did you kick their butts?" He frowned. "The buttocks are among the least sensitive places to hit someone." I laughed. "It's a figure of speech." "To kick butts. Interesting.”

“I don't get it. Why are many people drawn to someone who's hurt them? Maybe it's an ego thing- being hurt sucks, and you think you can erase that hurt by going back to the person who caused it. Then it will be like it never happened in the first place. Only problem is that it did happen.”

“You shouldn't have told them you were my fiance.""I thought if I were your fiance, they would let me see you immediately.""It just made you sound weird. Nobody my age gets married.”

“I tried to avoid it coming to that, but it was bound to happen...My attraction to you has tested my self-control and my concentration.”