“I'd been so fascinated by the notion, that I'd forgotten to measure what it was bringing forth. I'd been asleep, dreaming.”
“What if I'd been wrong all this time? I'd been so angry that God didn't fit the description I wanted him to fit.”
“I'd never been so mesmerized or captivated or drawn to any guy in my life. Heck, I'd been avoiding guys like the plague.”
“(Zeke) finally did what I'd been fearing and hoping and dreaming he'd do from the very start.”
“She was mine, had always been, and I'd always been hers. Despite what I'd done, the wounds I'd inflicted, she had always been mine.... our hearts had been tied, our bond one that neither of us could ever escape.”
“So this was where lust was satisfied. If I'd been an old-time miner I'd have asked for my gold nugget back.”