"You're trying not to tell him you love him, and you're trying to choke down the feeling, and you're trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you've discovered something you don't even have a name for."

"This was definitely unchartered territory. Iris wasn't like other women. She was tough, sexy but didn't flaunt it, and she sure as hell didn't give a shit about his money. If anything it seemed to bother her. And now she was busy working as a bodyguard for him."

"I promise I'll come back. No matter what happens.' Though his voice was only a whisper, there was a fierceness behind it. I believed him completely. 'I'll wait for you,' I told him."

"Our relationship felt like a Christmas gift that you hadn’t asked for and weren’t expecting to receive, but the minute you saw it, you knew it was perfect for you."

"Nobody, she felt, understood her--not her mother, not her father, not her sister or brother, none of the girls or boys at school, nadie--except her man."

"Mile's fingers pressed into the small of my back. 'Basorexia,' he mumbled.'Gesundheit.'He laughed. 'It's an overwhelming desire to kiss.'I thought you weren't good at figuring out what you felt.'I'm probably using the word in the wrong context. But I'm pretty sure that's what this is."