“I could not separate our fates now any more than I could sort the blood from the ash. We are tied together by our love of the same girl.”

“Even the blood is quickly washing away in the driving rain, I wish my conscience could get clean so fast.”

“Without her, there wouldn't be a me any more. I'm human because I love her.”

“It is an intensely beautiful world. More and more, I think of it as Cicely's world. More and more I wish it were my world, too. A minute ago, I hoped I wasn't bonding, but now, I almost hope I am. Because its either that or I'm falling in love.”

“The clock is ticking. I should be leaving right now. But what I want to do is take Cicely in my arms and press her up against me hard enough to make her not care that I'm messing up her lipstick. I want to pick her up and carry her back through that doorway. We're only a few strides from the couch, only one rip away from ruining that expensive fabric, the dress she must have bought to wear for him.”

“I had to make you love me." His dark eyes meet mine. "What I didn't count on is falling in love with you.”

“I never really appreciated the self-contained miniature universe that is me. I fall in love with my breathing too late, fall in love with it just in time to lose it, walk into the show just in time for the fireworks grand finale.”