“You're not horrible, Kelsey. You are vibrant and beautiful, and you burn. Burn so vividly. Fires can damage, but they're also beautiful and vital and they can purify and give the chance for a fresh start. You're not horrible. Not at all.”

“Your pain made you strong. It made youpassionate and alive. It made us both who we are. -Cade”

“How much of my fever-induced dream was real? I felt safe assuming that my time as a bee was fiction, as well as a few mythological animals that I swear I'd seen. Then I'd lived on the sun with aliens.”

“Shiiiit. Cade weighs a lot. Way more than I thought!” I moaned/sang.”

“Oh how I had underestimated tender kisses.”

“In Texas, two things are cherished above all else- football and gossip.”

“What? Just because I can't have you right now, doesn't mean I'm okay with him having you.”

“Life was easier when you stopped caring, when you stopped expecting things to get better.”

“But sometimes you don’t know what you’re looking for until it’s already knocked you flat on your back.”

“I’ll take my chances against your fickle heart if it means it’s mine.”

“we should live like we smoke— inhale the present and exhale the past.”