Crosses Quote by Nalini Singh

He just wanted to hold her to him and tell her it would be okay, that she had survived and was beautiful.

— Kim Harrison

She wanted to cause him pain for taking a place in her heart she wouldn't have given him if she'd known the truth.

— Kristin Cashore

And he knew that at that moment, they understood each other perfectly, and when he told her what he was going to do now,…

— Anonymous

He didn't know what else to do, how to comfort her, so he simply held her, held the only person in the world who…

— Nalini Singh

As a matter of fact she does not know to this day if those words were spoken, or if he only caught her, wound…

— Alice Munro

She wanted to lose herself in him. To tie his arms around her like a tourniquet. If she showed him how much she needed…

— Rainbow Rowell

He loved her beyond all reason and didn't expect her to love him back. He was just waiting for her to wise up.

— Patricia Briggs

She cared about him too much, and he was a dangerous person to love. He wouldn't love her back.

— Ann Brashares

“Who the hell was she to rip open the safeguards he’d built around his heart and force him to see what was inside?”

— Tawny Weber

“She couldn't let him get close. He would let her down. She knew it. And when that happened, she would be worse off than…

— Carolyne Aarsen

It was like him, too, to love her and admit to it before he knew if she loved him. Maybe only mortals expected to…

— Emma Bull

Strangely, what pierced his heart and mind most sharply was not the memory of her lips under his at the ball, but the way…

— Cassandra Clare