“ I touch his cheek, see my hand shake, and quickly pull itback. He grabs my wrist, places my palm back against hischeek, and closes his eyes like he’s in agony. Or bliss. Ormaybe both. Like he’s never… Sophie Jordan
“ I once saw a show about an amputee who lost his leg and still feels it. He actually wakes up at night to scratch his leg as if it’s still there, attached to him. They call it a phantom limb.I would be… Sophie Jordan
“ He stiffens against me, pain written all over the mess of a face. He grabs my face in his hands. Holds me. "It's not over. We're not through, Jacinda." His eyes blister, glitter darkly."I'll find you.… Sophie Jordan
“ Then again, there’s nothing simple about Will. I think back to what he can do—bend earth, resist shading, his immense strength—and it’s glaringly inaccurate to consider him a human. But then I can’t t… Sophie Jordan
“ When I shoot, the ball bounces hard against the backboard, and flies wildly through the air, knocking the coach in the head. I slap a hand over my mouth. The coach barely catches herself from falling.… Sophie Jordan
“ It's unclear who moves first. We're in each other's arms, lips locked, melded, hotly fused. Our hands drag over each other, reacquainting, remembering, almost as if we're both verifying the other one… Sophie Jordan
“ Sudden conviction races through me, almost terrifying in its total certainty. I can't give him up. He's the other part of me. He gets what it feels like to be separate from everything and everyone, to… Sophie Jordan
“ But you're worried I'll get in trouble?" I try not to show how much this pleases me. I've managed to ignore him for days now and here I sit. Lapping up his attention like a neglected puppy. My voice t… Sophie Jordan
“ Don't stay away from me anymore."I stop myself, just barely, from telling him I won't. I can't promise that. Can't Sophie Jordan
“ So what's the deal with you and my sister?" He laughs shortly and rubs the back of his neck like something is there, tickling, tap Sophie Jordan
“ Ironic. I'm here because of my inherent dangerousness, but it's my inherent politeness that makes me put up with this. With him. Sophie Jordan
“ Pleasure suffused her and she snuggled deeper into his arms, her heart clenching when he tightened his hold on her. After a while his breathing slowed and his hold relaxed. Convinced he slept, she whi… Sophie Jordan
“ No longer do I fear. No longer do I let others define me. I know what I am. What I'm capable of. That I'm a girl... a woman who will fight to survive. Sophie Jordan
“ He stares at me so darkly, so hungily that I can only nod. Agree. Of course, I feel it. "I do", I admit. Sophie Jordan
“ He may be stronger, but I'm not defenseless. He knows that, of coarse. That's why he's here. He wants me for what I can do after all. Sophie Jordan
“ That's what I wanted. Something to enrich me, to make me feel better about the things in my life that I could never change." - Page 56 Sophie Jordan
“ His hand glides down my arm, folds over my hand. His fingers lace with mine, palms kissing. I can feel the fast thud of his heart through this single touch. Sophie Jordan
