“I was desensitized to all the pain, even though essentially it was always all around me.”

“I was not use to that kind of hunger, even as a poor college student.”

“Maybe the end of the world was bound to happen after all.”

“Sometimes, your pet picks you.”

“New York City, city of exaggerations. Place of Herculean ascensions and perilous falls.”

“Yet you told him you loved him?""Yes, I did."Bridgid was clearly impressed. "You're more courageous than I am. The fear of being rejected pains me to even think about, yet you boldly told Brodick how you felt, even though he hadn't spoken his feelings.""Actually, he told me I loved him.”

“He stood in the doorway with his hands in his pockets, the picture of nonchalance, and even as a human, he was too gorgeous for words. His dark hair had been combed back, falling softly around his face, and his mercury eyes, though they should've seemed pale against all the white, glimmered more brightly than anything. And they were fixed solely on me.”