“Pressed up against him, I can feel the thud of his heart against mine, his ribcase expanding and contracting rapidly against my chest, the warm whisper of his breath tickling the side of my neck, the brush of his leg against my thigh. Resting my arms on his shoulders, I pull back a little to get a look at his face. But he isn't smiling any more.” FeelsLooksHeartLittlesI CanFacesSidesMinesArmsBreathsLegsWarmShouldersNecksChestsBrushesExpandingThighsContractingTickling Author:Tabitha Suzuma
“She can't just be a face, a body; there has to be more than that, some kind of connection. And I can't connect, don't want to connect, with anyone.” WantKindI CanBodyFacesConnections Book:Forbidden Source: Forbidden
“The words fire from my mouth like bullets, ricocheting off the walls before I can even register what I'm saying.” I CanFireWallMouthsBulletsRegister Book:Forbidden Source: Forbidden
“Out of the millions and millions of people that inhabit this planet, he is one of the tiny few I can never have.” PeopleI CanMillionsPlanetsTinyForbidden Book:Forbidden Source: Forbidden
“I love you in–in every kind of way.’ ‘I feel like that too . . .’ His voice is shocked and raw. ‘It’s – it’s a feeling so big I sometimes think it’s going to swalow me. It’s so strong I feel it could kil me. It keeps growing and I can’t – I don’t know what to do to stop it. But – but we’re not supposed to do this – to love each other like this!” ThinkingKnowsWayFeelsKindI CanSometimesFeelingsBigsStrongVoiceGrowingLove YouShockedLove Each Other Author:Tabitha Suzuma
“I can’t tell you. I can’t tell you of all people. Throughout my life you were the one person I could turn to. The one person I could always count on to understand. And now that I’ve lost you, I’ve lost everything.” PeoplePersonsI CanTurnsLostForbiddenLost EverythingLost You Book:Forbidden Source: Forbidden
“I want to tell her that I can't pull her down. I want to tell her that she has to let go of my hand in order to swim. I want to tell her that she must live her own life. But I sense she already knows that these options are open to her. And that she, too, has made her choice.” KnowsWantMadeI CanHandsOrderChoicesLetting GoSwimForbidden Love Book:Forbidden Source: Forbidden
“If I keep breathing, then I have to keep living, and if I keep living, then I have to keep hurting, and I can't - not like this.” IfsI CanHurtBreathing Book:Forbidden Source: Forbidden
