Barrie wanted to fall into him, her lost to his found, her need to his want. Kissing was like the physical form of magic, all potential and the sense that anything might happen. When she was kissing Eight, she felt like she could fly.

As long as you loved somebody, each kiss was hope and wonder, but it was also the potential for good-bye.

You can’t have relationships if you’re not willing to open yourself up and lean on people as much as you want them to lean on you.

You're torn between wanting to be closer and wanting to push me away," he said. "So I vote for closer. I'll always vote for closer.