“ Because I was conceived and born and I grew up. I'm breathing and my heart is beating and as much as it hurts ― as much searing, monumental pain it causes me ― I have to exist. Brenna Yovanoff
“ I just want that, the way I feel when you kiss me. Just having it makes all the bad things better. Brenna Yovanoff
“ Are you waiting for someone to come and get you?” I whisper. I sound small and thirsty. He doesn’t answer. Instead, he bends his head and kisses me, just once, then let’s me go. When Connor would kiss… Brenna Yovanoff
“ What's wrong?" His voice was loud, so sharp that he sounded angry.I knew I should be careful, keep the secret, but I was too far gone to talk around it. My chest was working in huge spasms and I could… Brenna Yovanoff
“ People make decisions, and maybe you don't always agree, but those choices are still their own. Brenna Yovanoff
“ I've never been impulsive. It's always been in my nature to consider things carefully and then decide upon the best solution. Except, sometimes the circumstances change. Sometimes things get so compli… Brenna Yovanoff
“ He smiles an honest smile for the first time, and the difference is hard to describe but easy to recognize. Brenna Yovanoff
“ You're terribly selfish, you know. I've loved you so long, and it was never dear or precious to you. I might as well have not loved you at all. Brenna Yovanoff
“ Did you ever think about boys?' I say, staring up into the dark. 'There wasn't room,' she whispers, and her voice is unbelievably sad. 'At first, after Connor, I was just waiting. I was going to get a… Brenna Yovanoff
“ You asked about love. I don't know about love, Daphne. I just know I don't want anything but you. I don't want to anywhere but with you. Brenna Yovanoff
“ Her gaze was direct, full of a sadness so raw and crystallized that I could see the shape of it. It ringed her pupils in rusty starbursts, but she was grinning--this terrible, ferocious grin. It made… Brenna Yovanoff
“ That was the thing about being bereaved. People were overcome with sympathy. They did things for you without even considering whether or not it was the right thing to do. Brenna Yovanoff
“ Tender," she said again. "Tender is kind and gentle. It's also sore, like the skin around an injury. Brenna Yovanoff
“ My father gave me a ruined boy to compensate for the fact that he does not love me. The boy is fragile, broken—broke himself—broke everything.I asked him why he did it. He said because the world was u… Brenna Yovanoff
“ I wanted to tell her that I loved her, and not in the complicated way I loved our parents, but in a simple way I never had to think about. I loved her like breathing. Brenna Yovanoff
