Veronica Rossi

“She’d fallen into a deep silence once, when the sun appeared, and it was then he’d wondered most what she was thinking.”

“Love is a rebellious bird that nobody can tame.”

“Just because we failed once doesn't mean we should stop trying”

“Then he told Perry that love was like the waves in the sea, gentle and good sometimes, rough and terrible at others, but that it was endless and stronger than the sky and the earth and everything in between.”

“Because people are more than emotions. People have thoughts and reasons for doing things.”

“And it's always better, isn't it, when you discover answers on your own?”

“Fall off your own roof.”

“But when a cut is deep, it’s still just flesh beneath.”

“Her hand holding his for a dozen paces. His, resting on the small of her back for a moment. Touches that had no real purpose but to say I’m here and We are together still.”

“She found it curious and frightening that she could deeply dislike someone she didn’t even know. It wasn’t her. At least, it wasn’t how she used to be.”

“Nobody ever drowned in their own sweat.”

“I miss you.I miss you. I miss you, I miss you.Be ready, because when I see you, I'll never let you go again.”

“I was trying to help... The more I try to catch up, the farther I fall behind.”

“If there was no fear, how could there be comfort? Or courage?”

“I don't want to play; I want to win. But if you give me the rules, I'll take it from there.”

“They were like her rocks. Imperfect and surprising and maybe better in the long run than certainties. Chances, she thought, were life”

“She did it, though she hated opera. She hated everything about it. The overblown sense of drama. The violence and lewdness. No one had ever died of heartbreak in Reverie. Betrayal never led to murder. Those things didn’t happen anymore. They had the Realms now. They could experience anything without taking risks. Now, life was Better than Real.”

“In the afternoon, they stopped to eat on a rocky outcrop. Perry brushed a kiss on her cheek while she was chewing, and she learned that it was the loveliest thing to be kissed for no reason, even while chewing food. It brightened the woods, and the never sky, and everything.”

“When you've been hurt by someone you love like he has, why would you ever seek love out? Why would you risk being hurt again?”

“He’d pushed it back, where he’d kept the thought for weeks, but it wouldn’t stay. Wouldn’t stop. Wouldn’t let him go.”