“ I'd never understood why anyone would want to live forever. It had always seemed to me that death lent life a certain poignancy, a necessary tension. Karen Marie Moning
“ I wept for me, for my sister, for things I couldn't even begin to put into words, and might never be able to explain. But it felt something like this: I used to walk on my feet. Now all I knew how to… Karen Marie Moning
“ One of the first lessons a warrior is taught is that denial of one's circumstances only results in failure to recognize real danger. Karen Marie Moning
“ I kept it to remind me that although there is evil, there is sometimes beauty and light. You, Jillian. You were always my light. Karen Marie Moning
“ And there you have it...if I knew that I could only have a few nights in that man's arms or nothing, I would take those magic nights and use them to keep me warm for the rest of my life. Karen Marie Moning
“ He was sexual in a way that made women think of deeply repressed fantasies therapists and feminists alike would cringe to hear tell of. Karen Marie Moning
“ I am going to love you now, slow and sweet, but when you come, I'm going to f*** you the way I need to. The way I've been dreaming about since the moment I saw you. Karen Marie Moning
“ When you were too young and naïve to see the risks, I incurred your wrath to protect you. Scream at me for it if you must. Thank me for it when you finally grow up. Karen Marie Moning
“ Now it's not just my lip you'll be needing to kiss if you're wishing to make amends with me, Irish. Karen Marie Moning
“ One day you may kiss a man you can’t breathe without, and find breath is of little consequence.”“Right, and one day my prince might come.”“I doubt he’ll be a prince, Ms. Lane. Men rarely are. Karen Marie Moning
“ Anyone worth knowing breaks once. Once. No shame, no foul if you survive it. You did. Karen Marie Moning
“ I lay my head on his chest and listen to his heart beating, solid and sure.....he reads me so well. He's known about my emotional empathy since we were children. Nothing disturbs him...Few can lie to… Karen Marie Moning
“ One day you do meet a man who kisses you and you can't breathe around it and you realize you don't need air. Karen Marie Moning
“ Life is too hard, too much to handle. Nobody told me there’d be days like these. How could nobody tell me there’d be days like these? How could they let me grow up like that—happy and pink and stupid? Karen Marie Moning
