“Her hand holding his for a dozen paces. His, resting on the small of her back for a moment. Touches that had no real purpose but to say I’m here and We are together still.”

“Her hand holding his for a dozen paces. His, resting on the small of her back for a moment. Touches that had no real purpose but to say I’m here and We are together still.”

“They were like her rocks. Imperfect and surprising and maybe better in the long run than certainties. Chances, she thought, were life”

“I was trying to help... The more I try to catch up, the farther I fall behind.”

“You can’t be miserable when you’re running. It’s such a simple and pure way to feel alive.”

“He kisses like a poet. Like he's writing poems on my lips.”

“I don't think that incident necessarily defines you as bad. I think it makes you human. And I believe you would have stopped yourself. I think that's what makes a person good. Not that you make mistakes, but that you recognize them. You feel remorse for them. You want to correct them and do better.”

“Nobody ever drowned in their own sweat.”

“She could have lived every minute she'd had with him better. She should have always spoken the best words she could to him.”

“Come thaw my frozen heart, my little arctic kitten.”Unable to resist, Aria jumped in and picked up the next line. “No chance, my yeti man, I’d rather be frostbitten.”“Let me be your snowman. Come live in my igloo.”“I’d rather freeze to death than hibernate with you.”

“He had a prince's looks but a pirate's eyes.”

“She felt as though she’d found a moment of forever. Like this was how they should’ve always been”