“I’d been fighting for this relationship since the day I first saw his water eyes.”

“Listen to me, Ember. I couldn’t hurt you. I can’t.” Hayden settled his eyes on me. They were softer than I’d ever seen. “I love you— I’ve loved you since the first time I saw you.”

“She's not the one I want." His words came out terse. "It's you. It's been you since...since the minute I first saw you.”

“I said, Saturday is the first day of my National Center Test.""That's tomorrow, though!" My eyes bugged out."Yes, ever since antiquity, the day after Friday has been Saturday.”

“I love you more than I’ve ever loved anyone. More than I thought I was capable of. Eden, you’ve taken my heart by surprise from the day I first saw you. It hasn’t been my heart since.”

“Valentine, just a few words to tell you how I love you. I have loved you since the first day I saw you. Whenever that was.”