“I was born when he kissed me, I died when he left me, I lived a few weeks while he loved me”

“I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me.”

“I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.”

“I was born the day you kissed me,died the day you left me,but lived for the time that you loved me”

“I knelt by the fire to make certain there were no burning embers left. That was when I spied the tracks of a lion. There were only a few such beasts left in the desert, but one had come here, answering my call. He had been there all the while, watching over me, before he left me at last.”

“Ben kissed me like he could kiss me forever, like he had to kiss me forever and he wanted to, he wanted me, and when he felt my surprise at that, I could feel again how beautiful I was to him, how I was beautiful beyond words.”