“She turned so they were face-to-face and gave him back the words he'd offered her their first night together: "I survived. Isn't that what matters?”
“I'm not happy," she whispered. "I don't know what I am, but this isn't happiness.”
“I did survive. I still am. And it won't happen again.”
“Seth: "You're what matters"Ash: "Hold me? If you still want to, I mean."Seth: "Every day, I want to hold you every day. Nothing will ever change that.”
“You're killing me here, Ash. Good, she said. She'd bend a few rules, but they both knew she wasn't going to push him beyond where he chose to go. Love wasn't to be based on trickery. But reminding him what he's refusing isn't trickery.”
“I still dream that it was you. No matter how many times I've looked, in my dreams it's always been you who were meant to be my queen.”