“He's a full grown man of a certain age - of which I now know - and a mouthwatering one at that.”

“Damn you, Jesse Ward, of an age I don't know!”

“Don't mess with me, Ava," he says smugly, "You should know by now I always win.”

“No, you're a child because of the way you eat peanut butter. No one over the age of ten should finger dip jars and as I'm being kept in the dark over your age, I assume that you are over ten.”

“He disregards my opinions and wishes at every turn, with his neurotic, challenging ways, and now I fear I’m becoming neurotic and challenging as well. He brings out the worst in me, and I know damn well I bring out the worst in him.”

“Thank you for the warning, but I think I'm grown up enough to decide who I build my dreams on.”

“He pecks my lips. I knew you were the one the second I laid eyes on you. The one to bring me back to life.‘How did you know?’ He’s talking. I need to extract as much from him as possible.He looks me straight in the eyes. They are bursting with meaning. ‘Because my heart starting beating again.' He whispers.”