“Darkness is drowned by three lights; nature, knowledge, and truth.”

“Darkness is drowned by three lights; nature, knowledge, and truth.”

“It's my job to worry about you. I'm in love with you, Stacy. I have been ever since I can remember. It's always been you.”

“You're the most important person in my life," I whispered. "You're the only man I ever let in.""But I'm not in, Stace. I'm standing on the porch in the pouring rain, waiting for you to open the door. I've been waiting ever since you left after graduation, ever since you came back last year. Even now, you've let me into your bed, but not into your heart. I'm still waiting.”

“And I'll be a witch in hell before I let someone hurt my dogs.”

“But I’m not one to read a book backwards.”

“I realized that with Chance and me, there were no secrets. Or at least none that I could otherwise explain.I said, "I trust you more than I trust my own family, you know that?""Well, they don't set the bar real high." He smiled at me, a silly, playful smile. The kind of smile shared by people with a lot of history.”