“Kinky was only okay if it didn't lead to a broken neck, in his book.”
“Only self-hatred could lead him to ruin himself because his heart was "broken.”
“Many [book] even lay flat in the floor open. Their spines upward. Elinor couldn't bear to look! Didn't the monster know that was the way to break a book's neck?”
“Jesus didn't just wear a cross around his neck, he carried it on his back.”
“The only bad book was a book that didn't have any pages in it.”
“Okay,” he said, his breath hitching, his hands shaking like hell as he pried her arms from around his neck and set her away.Deep breath. Another. "Okay. Just...um. Okay. Christ. Christ, Darcy, I want you so bad I'm afraid I'm going to hurt you.”