“It's like this old patchwork quilt my momma used to have...Each piece on that quilt meant something. And some of those pieces were the damn ugliest things you've ever seen...But some of the pieces were so beautiful they almost hurt… — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“That's the best you can hope for, Danny. That your life turns out like that patchwork quilt. That you can add some bright, sparkling pieces to the dirty, stained ones you've got so far. That in the end, the bright… — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“Why," he panted into Danny's neck, "why's it so goddamn good?" He was surprised at how full his voice sounded, so close to overflowing… — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“But so far their love had proved deeper than their doubts, their faith in each other more unshakeable than the fear.” — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“Who gets everything they want, Danny, exactly how they want it? You have to decide the most important thing and go from there.” — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“You make me want to be a better man," Danny said. "You make me want to be worthy of you, Miller. But if that's… — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“It’s always our mistakes, the things we aren’t proud of, that are the first ones to stand up, ready to be counted. That’s human… — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“Danny, whose body made Miller forget the world and whose soul, even marked with shadows, made Miller believe in something beyond the stars.” — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“...and then Danny was moving on him in the rhythm they'd found so easily in the past, their bodies remembering the way of it… — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“Something in the mysterious combination of Danny and him burned hotter and brighter than anything he'd ever imagined.” — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“This is the best, most real thing that’s ever happened to me,” Danny said quietly. “I’ve spent my whole life jumping from one bad… — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“It's like this old patchwork quilt my momma used to have...Each piece on that quilt meant something. And some of those pieces were the… — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“He didn’t know if his capacity to love had been stunted, buried beneath the need for survival for so long it had forgotten how… — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“Congratulations Danny. You're now the legal equivalent of a male nurse.” — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“That's the best you can hope for, Danny. That your life turns out like that patchwork quilt. That you can add some bright, sparkling… — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“finding what made you happy was only the beginning of the journey—figuring out how to keep it often proved to be the unreachable destination.” — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
“It’s too late for that. It’s too late to go back,” Danny said, gentle but firm. “Now you have to decide the man you… — Brooke McKinley Copy Share Image
