“I was here with the most amazing man. He didn’t even care about my past. He wanted me exactly how I was, even if I was broken.”

“I cannot change the decisions that I have made in the past, but I can learn from them and make the most of the life that I am living now.”

“I love you Garrett.”“I love you too,” he laughed. “God, I fucking love you.”

“My world stopped when we were apart. I felt like I had nothing to live for. Now you are back… Now you are back and I’m alive again.”

“My self-destructive behaviour and self-hatred had hit an all-time high.”

“You love tenderly and warmly, but your love is like friendship. That's why you have good friends, you're sociable, sympathetic toward people. Until this dissatisfaction comes over you-you know what I'm talking about. Then you become moody, can even repulse people who are close to you, even people who love you, you know why. Those are bad times when everything goes cold, and they follow the times of great love...”

“You know, Dean said, gesturing with his uninjured hand. If we were in an action movie, this would be the scene where you tenderly dress my wounds. then the wailing guitar ballad would kick in and we'd end up rolling around on the bed in a slow motion montage.If I were in Q, The Winged Serpent, Xochi replied, this would be the scene where I sacrifice you to Quetzalcoatl.”