“I thought you wanted to catch a camel," you tried again."No.""I want to.""Well, you go then."You laughed. "I want your beautiful face where I can see it”

“You. I want you and I don’t want to be a luxury. I want you to need me. I want you to not be able to concentrate because you’re thinking about me. I want you to reach for your phone because you thought of something you have to share with me. I want you to not even be able to breathe at the thought of never seeing me again, because that’s how I feel about you, Paige. I want to be a necessity.”

“Talk. We are going to talk first. I want to see you smile and laugh. I want to know what your favorite show was when you were a kid and who made you cry at school and what boy band you hung posters of on your wall. Then I want you naked in my bed again.”

“I want you to see that the person I glimpsed running beside the camel, running to save my life, is the person you can choose to be.”

“I want you, I want all of you. I want you inside and out and catching your breath and aching for me like I ache for you.”

“I love you," he said, his voice catching. "When I thought you were going to die, I wanted to die.”