“I'd rather be hurt all at once for a specific reason, than be hurt slowly every day.--Ashlyn”
“Trust me?" I held my breath for her answer. She had every reason not to trust me. I'd been her kidnapper, her captor, yet I'd rather have died than hurt a single hair on her head.”
“I'd rather have names to hurt me, than my bones broken with sticks and stones.”
“Not every day hurts. Not every breath hurts. Maybe that's all we can really ask for.”
“I'd rather be a flash than a slowly burning ember.”
“I belong to you. I've belonged to you since the beginning, since before I even knew that I did," he rambles. "I'll never hurt you again. I'd rather die than to hurt you”