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I know that if life were as simple as locking her door and ordering takeout, we could stay like that for the rest of our lives. I knew that life wasn't that simple, but for the next forever maybe it could be. ~Joe, Ch.8

"I used to be a different girl. I guess I wanted to see if I still was." "You are who you are," he said, stomping out his cigarette with his boot. "You don't believe people can change?" I asked. "Why would they? That's a lot of work." "Not if the person you used to be felt like more work," I said? The words seeming heave coming out. ~Amy & Trevor, Ch.7

The one I'd known since I was six. The one I'd loved since she was ten. The one I hoped I would love until she was one hundred and ten. ~Joe, Ch.5

Finally, mine. Or at least she had been. Not in a weird, possessive way, but in a how could I not have known that this was what I always needed way. ~Joe, Ch.5

I probably should have known that continuing to count on someone else to validate my happiness would backfire on me. But at the time, I was too blissed out to care. ~Amy, Ch.5

I really liked it when he called me bad girl—liked it in the lower part if my stomach, which let me know I was a dork. Which let's know I was in trouble. Ch.4

Trevor didn't respond, just watched me like his eyes had X-Ray vision. Like seeing me naked wasn't good enough; he wanted to see my bones, too, the particles that made up my bones. Ch.4

"You want someone else to come with us?" He asked, cocking his head like he was surprised. I did—preferably twenty nuns who could stand between us the whole night and slap me with rulers if I got too close. But I was already down here, already dressed. I'd already said yes. Ch.3

I wish I could crawl into a glass bottle with like a boat, so we could spend forever corked off from everyone. ~Amy, Ch.1