“When feeling came back, in a storm of color and force and sensation, the most you could do was hold on to the person beside you and hope you could weather it. Alex closed her eyes and expected the worst-but it wasn't a bad thing; it was just a different thing. A messier one, more complicated one. She hesitated, and then she kissed Patrick back, willing to concede that you might have to lose control before you could find what you'd been missing.”
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“You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.”
“The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.”
“What ever you do-Don't get caught.”
“Sometimes a woman needs a man for company, no matter how useless he is.”
“You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside.”
“Some folks are happier not being saved.”