“To my surprise, Nick reached under his shirt and pulled out the half-heart pendant. With his gaze fixed on mine, he slid the chain over my head. “No one should have to go through life with only half a heart,” he whispered.”
― The Sweet Gum Tree
― The Sweet Gum Tree
“I want to be able to love you more than I fear losing you”
― Archer's Voice
― Archer's Voice
“I promise you this. I’ll love you until the day I die even if I have to live without you. And if it’s fifty years from now, you come home, Nick Anderson. Do you hear me? I’ll be waiting on you.”
― The Sweet Gum Tree
― The Sweet Gum Tree
“I lost my heart to you. And, Bree, in case you're wondering, I don't ever want it back.”
― Archer's Voice
― Archer's Voice
“You can’t turn love on and off like a light switch, no matter how hard you try. All you can do is wall it off, one brick at a time, until you’ve created an impenetrable fortress around your emotions. And once that fortress is built, you camouflage it so well that even you can’t see it anymore.”
― The Sweet Gum Tree
― The Sweet Gum Tree
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