“You’ll know there was tenderness, as well as pain. So you’ll know how we failed, both of us, but also how we both tried.”— Marion, Bethan Roberts
““For a policeman, you’re very romantic.” “For an artist, you’re very afraid,” he said. My answer to that was to kiss him hard on the mouth.”— Patrick, Tom, Bethan Roberts
“I can pretend she doesn’t exist and risk losing him altogether, or I can put myself through the ordeal and keep a crumb of him.”— Patrick, Bethan Roberts
“And each day, a little of the memory of our evening together hardens into something lost.”— Patrick, Bethan Roberts
“What does one learn? To fear all strangers and distrust even those close to you? To disassemble whenever possible? That utter loneliness is inevitable?”— Patrick, Bethan Roberts
“In the blissful moment when anything’s possible, there’s no need for words. You’ll simply fall into each other’s arms, him understanding everything — everything — at last.”— Patrick, Bethan Roberts
“People say that love is like a lightning bolt, but this wasn’t like that; this was like warm water, spreading through me”— Marion, Bethan Roberts
“I suspect that you know about desire, about the way it grows when it's denied.”— Marion, Bethan Roberts, amazon.com
“When you're in love with someone for the first time, their name is enough.”— Marion, Bethan Roberts, amazon.com
“His smile is like a harvest moon. Mysterious. Full of promises.”— Marion, Bethan Roberts, amazon.com
“You know how hard it is to look away when you see something you want.”— Marion, Bethan Roberts, amazon.com