“There is a gulf as wide as an ocean between should and want, and I am drowning in it.”

“Sometimes there aren't words. The silence between us is flung wide as an ocean. But I manage to reach across it, to wrap my arms around him.”

“I became a firefighter because I wanted to save people. But I should have been more specific. I should have named names.”

“There are some nights when you just want to know there's someone else besides you in this wide world.”

“He is dark and quiet and completely different from me, which is exactly why I should put distance between us. But it is also the reason I find him so fascinating.”

“Suddenly this is all too hard. I am tired of putting up walls. I want someone with the strength - and the honesty - to break them down.”

“I think there are two different oceans - the one that plays with you in the summer, and the one that gets so mad in the winter.”