“I just didn't know how much of this I was capable of. How far this - whatever it was - would actually go before old fears overshadowed the warmth.”

“You are really…”“Amazing? Awesome?” He paused, brows raised. “Astonishing?”“I was going to go with bizarre.”“Well, hell, if I had feelings that might actually hurt.”

“I could stare at you for a lifetime. It would never grow old.""Even when I'm old?""Even then.”

“I’m just not interested.”“Do you have ovaries?” Jacob asked. I shot him a look. “Yes.”… “Then how are you not interested.”

“I’ve seen you naked before, Maddie.”Her mouth dropped open. “You have not seen me completely naked, thank you very much.”His eyes glittered. “Actually, once before I have, when you were like five. You ran through the house buck-ass naked when you had chicken pox.”“Oh, dear God, why do you remember these things?” She was going to drown herself, right here in the tub.”

“Cuz if he was hot, you should’ve used it to your benefit. That could’ve become the best ice breaker in history. Like you two could fall madly in love and you get to tell everyone how you plowed him before he actually plowed you.”

“We’ve all done stuff we aren’t proud of. If you knew…” He shook his head. “The pointis, I don’t know why you did this. I just hope that whatever the reason was, it’s something that you’ve come to terms with. I don’t think any less of you because of it. I never did.”