“There's a reverence in the way he kisses me that frightens me, because it's the most wonderful thing I've ever felt.”

“I'm always gonna protect you. And I'm always gonna protect that little girl. There's no way in hell I'll let that woman get her hands on her.""Rafael," I said."Yeah?" "You are the most wonderful person I've ever known."It took him a moment to answer me--and when he did, I though he sounded bashful."I'd better be," he said. "Because, you know. That's what you deserve.”

“Ultimately, though, it's living people that frighten me the most. It's always seemed to me that nothing could be scarier than a person, because as dreadful places can be, they're still just places; and no matter how awful ghosts might seem, they're just dead people. I always thought that the most terrifying things anyone could ever think up were the things living people came up with. ”

“The way he kissed me felt like a brand. Like he was tattooing himself under my skin.”

“But if there's one thing I've learned in life it's this: assume makes an ass out of 'u' and 'me”

“You sense that he's dangerous but don't now why - and wonder if it's because he makes you feel safer than you've ever felt. ”