Distancing Quote by Harriet Evans

“He wanted to believe her, but more importantly he believed in her because she knew already that he was quite lost, more lost than…

— K.J. Wignall

“He is afraid, as suddenly he knows that he was afraid all along, that if he felt her body so close to him he…

— Joan D. Vinge

“He loved her. He'd said it, and even though she couldn't quite believe it, she believed *him*.”

— Julia Quinn

“He'd believed it. She couldn't believe that he believed it. Sometimes, she hated him for that.”

— Marie Rutkoski

“For just this moment, he wanted her to see him for who he was, without the pity he knew she'd feel when she found…

— Travis Neighbor Ward

“She looked so vulnerable and sad he couldn't help but reach out and cup her face in his hand. He didn't care who saw…

— Aria Kane

“She had believed him to be hers, time and again, but still she could not stay the feeling that he might at any moment…

— Anna Godbersen

“She trusted him. She had faith in him. And he left her forever. Something tells me she's not forgetting that anytime soon.”

— Lisa Schroeder

“What terrified him even more was that he trusted her. And he didn't know what that said about himself.”

— Sarah J. Mass

“if he hadn’t been following her, she doubted she’d be thinking about him at all. Yet he was still able to ruin her night,…

— Nicholas Sparks

“He took his time getting to her, as if he was sure she’d wait, sure of his own strength to hold her, even at…

— Cynthia Voigt

“As it turned out, she was alone after all. She prayed that he'd come back to her, because she missed him and needed her…

— Elizabeth Scott