“I wanna hold the hand inside youI wanna take the breath that's trueI look to you and I see nothingI look to you to see the truthYou live your life, you go in shadowsYou'll come apart and you'll go blackSome kind of night into your darknessColors your eyes with what's not there”

“Go to a goddamn priest if you wanna be lied to. I've seen too many of your kind slip back inside to fool myself. If you wanna think you're a new man, hell, that's fine. But don't think you're looking any different in anyone else's mind.”

“I wanna be inside your heavenTake me to the place you cry fromWhere the storm blows your wayI wanna be the earth that holds youEvery bit of air you're breathin' inA soothin' windI wanna be inside your heaven”

“I wanna make you feel wantedAnd I wanna call you mineWanna hold your hand foreverNever let you forget itYeah, I wanna make you feel wanted”

“Before you know it you'll be my age telling your own granddaughter the story of your life and you wanna make it an interesting one, don't you? You wanna be able to tell her some adventures, some excitements, some something. How you live your life, little one, is a gift for those who come after you, a kind of inheritance.”

“Shy, she’s yours, that’s what you say. Control your woman,” High demanded. “Get her ass out.”My eyes went to Shy to see him looking at High, and he wasn’t looking pissed. He was looking reflective. Then he said, “Tab and I don’t play it that way. You wanna order your old lady around, do what you do, not for me to say. I asked her to go, she didn’t go. Not gonna make her. But you try, you’ll deal with me.”God, I loved my guy.”