“This must be what a fly felt like when it was caught fast in a spider's web.”

“I sometimes thought that our fast friendship had been kind of like joining a club, one made up of men that thought that Bianca Karlsson was the most perfect woman on the planet.”

“Even mosochists need lovers. What would a girl like me do without someone like you? Perhaps everyone is good for someone.”

“I felt him sigh against me. “It was. But it didn’t mean anything. Please don’t use her to keep me at a distance”…”

“It was hard to remember that we weren't supposed to feel anything for each other when he looked at me like I was more important than the next breath.”

“I don't feel alone with you. I feel like I have a family and a home again. You're my home. All of the dark shadows seem to disappear when we're together.”

“Love is like that. It's like a wildfire in my blood.”