“He stared at her face as if he wanted to peel it off andtake it home with him.What a gruesome thought, Rowan.”

“And you know, I believed him.What girl wouldn't?”

“He stared at his hot chocolate like it held the secret to the universe.”

“The end of a gun looks very big and very back when it's staring you in the face.”

“He laughed. The laugh could strip the skin off an elephant in seconds.”

“He wiped away the tears, tenderly, and I forgot to weep as he told me silently everything I always wanted to hear. ”

“I'm getting really tired of bleeding. Someone stop the world, I want to get off.”