Angel

“More than I need my next breath. More than I need a drink in the middle of an Iraqi sand storm. More than I wanted sleep during Hell Week,” I whispered, looking deeply into her eyes. “More than absolutely anything. More than my own happiness. More than my own life. That’s how much I love you.”
― Lani Lynn Vale, Double Tap

“Hey, the only person I almost shot was Owen,” Maddie said, giving her boyfriend a huge smile. “And if that does end up happening, he’ll forgive me.”
Owen grabbed her wrist and pulled her close, kissing the top of her head. “You’d nurse me back to health?”
“I’d make you alligator gumbo out of the fucking lizard that tried to take a bite of you,” she said.”
― Erin Nicholas, Beauty and the Bayou

“I needed to love you more than I wanted to dominate you. Don’t doubt for a second that I chose to love you.”
― C.D. Reiss, Marriage Games

“Sorrow. It never goes away. All you can do is act like it's fixed, when in reality all you've done is put a tiny Band-Aid over a gaping, bleeding hole that'll never be repaired.”
― Lani Lynn Vale, Shock Advised