“She didn't know how to love, to give herself to someone, to out herself in someone else's keeping and take him into hers. She didn't trust anyone with her heart - or the darker places of her soul.”
― Turbulent Sea
― Turbulent Sea
“I absolutely love you, Briony, and I am on my knees. So we're getting married - right? But say it fast before we get shot."
Only Jack would ask - if you could call it asking - in the middle of a battlefield, with a man lying dead at his feet.”
― Conspiracy Game
Only Jack would ask - if you could call it asking - in the middle of a battlefield, with a man lying dead at his feet.”
― Conspiracy Game
“The real question is, can you love the real me? Not the perfect person you want me to be, not that image you had of me, but who I really am.”
― Oceans of Fire
― Oceans of Fire
“I'm an observer. I read about life. I research life. I find a corner in a room and melt into it. I can become invisible. It's an art, and I am a wonderful practitioner.”
― The Twilight Before Christmas
― The Twilight Before Christmas
“She stared at herself in the mirror. Her eyes were dark, almost black, filled with pain. She'd let someone do that to her. She'd known all along she felt things too deeply. She became attached. She didn't want a lover who could walk away from her, because she could never do that - love someone completely and survive intact if her left her.”
― Turbulent Sea
― Turbulent Sea
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