My brother spent a large portion of the agonizingly slow dri... - Michelle Hodkin, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

"You're supposed to say, 'All I want is your happiness. I'll do whatever it takes, even if it means being without you.'""Sorry,"Noah said. "I'm just not that big of a person."

"What would you do if I kissed you right now?"I stared at his beautiful face and his beautiful mouth and I wanted nothing more than to taste it. "I would kiss you back."

"He didn't look like the same person who picked me up this morning. Noah--sarcastic, distant, untouchable Noah--cared. And that made him real."

"Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real."

"You could start a fire with the heat between you two.""You're mistaking bitter animosity for heartfelt affection."