“finding what made you happy was only the beginning of the journey—figuring out how to keep it often proved to be the unreachable destination.”

“But so far their love had proved deeper than their doubts, their faith in each other more unshakeable than the fear.”

“...and then Danny was moving on him in the rhythm they'd found so easily in the past, their bodies remembering the way of it as if they'd never been apart, as if they'd only been waiting to find each other again.”

“Danny, whose body made Miller forget the world and whose soul, even marked with shadows, made Miller believe in something beyond the stars.”

“Who gets everything they want, Danny, exactly how they want it? You have to decide the most important thing and go from there.”

“It’s too late for that. It’s too late to go back,” Danny said, gentle but firm. “Now you have to decide the man you want to be from here on out.”

“By letting go, Danny had freed him to pursue, had forced Miller to find the courage to follow.”