There is nothing on earth more beautiful to me than your smile...no sound sweeter than your laughter...no pleasure greater than holding you in my arms. I realized today that I could never live without you, stubborn little hellion that you are. In this life and the next, you’re my only hope of happiness. Tell me, Lillian, dearest love...how can you have reached so far inside my heart?

A weak but steady throb lay beneath Kev's searching fingertips. Win's heartbeat...the pulse that sustained his universe.

The situation was extraordinary. How someone like Evangeline Jenner could have wrought such a change in St. Vincent, the most worldly of men, was difficult to understand. However, Westcliff had learned that the mysteries of attraction could not always be explained through logic. Sometimes the fractures in two separate souls became the very hinges that held them together.

And I wonder how Gage knew this is what my soul has craved. He turns me to face him, his eyes searching. It occurs to me that no one in my life has ever concerned himself so thoroughly with my happiness.

Do you know what a balance wheel is?” She shook her head slightly. “There’s one in every clock or watch. It rotates back and forth without stopping. It’s what makes the ticking sound...what makes the hands move forward to mark the minutes. Without it, the watch wouldn’t work. You’re my balance wheel, Poppy.” -Harry Rutledge

You saved my life,” she said faintly. “Why?”His fingertip trailed over her freckled cheek. “Because the world would be a much darker and duller place without you, ma chère.

Max’s eyes turned smoky. “Why are you smiling like that?”She told him the truth. “I am thinking, Max, that before long, I am going to have you wrapped around my finger.”The statement caused him to laugh. “Lysette,” he replied softly, “before long, I am going to be wrapped around your entire body.

I’d choose spending a few minutes with you and dying tomorrow over having a lifetime without you”.-Justin Vallerand