“My father might be right. If I lost Noah, I might just lose my mind.” — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“All I want is you. You don't have to choose me now or ever, but when you choose, I want you free.” — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“The two of us snuggled like quotation marks in his room full of words.” — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“I wagered my heart on her and lost, again and again, but still I would do it. I could never bet on… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“I’m too selfish to leave you,” I said. Noah pulled back so I could see his smile. “I’m too selfish to let… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“I kiss the inside of each knee and up, farther, the roughness of my cheek raising redness on her skin.” — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“I twisted my arm to curl him behind me and he unfolded there, the two of us snuggled like quotation marks in… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“There's nothing I want. There's nothing I can't do. I don't care about anything. No matter what, I am an imposter. An… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“I was just going to say it reminds me of the symbols on a family crest.” Noah stopped mid-stride, and turned very… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“Ah,” Jamie says. “We have reached the Brooding YA Hero section of the book.” “The first of them,anyway” I say. “I could… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“I’m rather sentimental about the ruins—as a child, I halfheartedly attempted suicide there now and again, always returning from post-tourist-hours expeditions with… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“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.” — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“I’m starved for her, all the time, even now—I want every part of her, to devour her, to inhale her, but I… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“You smell good," he whispered into my neck. He was warm against me. Instinctively, I arched back into him and smiled. "Really?"… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“Mara, I have never felt about anyone the way I feel about you. And when you're ready for me to show you,"… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter", he murmured against my skin. His fingers traced the cuts, healing the veins beneath them. "There's only one thing… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“Two seconds later, the sound of an alarm filled my ears. ''What did you do?'' I said over the noise as he… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“This changed nothing. Nothing at all. Noah Shaw was still a whore, still an asshole, and still painfully out of my league.… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“I laughed as I twisted to face him and raised my arm to hit in one move. He caught my wrist and… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“A man knelt before me; he looked familiar but I did not know his name. He withdrew the feather from my cheek… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“In my rush, I hadn’t tied my shoelaces. Noah was now tying them for me. He looked up at me through his… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“We're only seventeen." I said quietly. "Fuck seventeen." His eyes and voice were defiant. "If I were to live a thousand years,… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“Ladies and gentlemen, Jamal Feldstein-Roth.” I blinked. “Wait, Jamal ?” “Suck it,” he said with a grin. “My parents are liberal Jews… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“My fingers caught on something else as I withdrew them. It was his T-shirt, the white one with the holes in it.… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“You don't have to pick me up," I said in a rush. "Considering you have no idea where we're going and I… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“Is there any point asking what you're going to make me do on Sunday?' 'Not really.' Okay. 'Is there any point asking… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“Asscrown," I muttered under my breath as I headed to my next class. I wasn't proud of swearing at a complete stranger,… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“Noah's eyes held my face. I swallowed hard. The juxtaposition of him sitting in a room full of people while staring at… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“For some reason I think of the first time I saw her, kicking the shit out of the vending machine that refused… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“I read the title from the cover. ' 'The joy of... crap.' ' I read the rest of the full title of… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“I was warned about you, you know." And with that half-smile that wrecked me, Noah said, "But you're here anyway.” — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“Mara, if you're tired, I can hear it. If you're hurt, I can feel it. And if you lie, I will know… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image