“You know,” he says, “for someone who doesn’t like touching people, you keep finding ways to put your hands on me.”

“Do you like being rich?”“Yes. Show me someone who doesn’t,” he says darkly.”

“You know, they say when someone keeps making excuses to say your name it means they like you.”

“It was better to know what people were really like than put your trust in someone who just wanted to hurt you in the end.”

“... it isn’t the kids who have two parents and a stable home who are the luckiest ones. It’s the kids who know the taste of shit because they’ve been eatin’ it all their lives and then someone finds them and offers them a taste of somethin’ sweeter and they learn that life can be good. They learn to trust. They learn that if you care about someone you put your ass on the line to keep them safe. They learn that love doesn’t come with conditions.”

“He doesn’t say he loves you at all. He doesn’t touch your skin or look into your eyes, and tell you you’re the only girl in the world for him. That he’s been scared to say it because he didn’t want to lose you. He doesn’t tell you he ached for you every minute he was away.”