Out of the millions and millions of people that inhabit this planet, he is one of the tiny few I can never have. Tabitha Suzuma More Quotes by Tabitha Suzuma More Quotes From Tabitha Suzuma He shakes his head with a slow smile. You'd better be right. If the phone rings, I'm unpluggining it, I swear to God-“ You'd do that to your five-year-old sister?“ I gasp in mock outrage. For one whole night alone? Jesus, Maya, I'd sell her to the gypsies! Tabitha Suzuma swear-to-god night jesus Lochie. The boy I once loved. The boy I still love. The boy I will continue to love, even when my part in this world is over too. Tabitha Suzuma this-world boys world Never before have I imagined my life without him—like this house, he is my only point of reference in this difficult existence, this unstable and frightening world. The thought of his leaving home fills me with a terror so strong, it takes my breath away. I feel like one of those seagulls covered in oil from a spill, drowning in a black tar of fear. Tabitha Suzuma oil strong home If I keep breathing, then I have to keep living, and if I keep living, then I have to keep hurting, and I can't - not like this. Tabitha Suzuma breathing ifs hurt Time has stopped; time is racing. Lochie's lips are rough yet smooth, hard yet gentle. His fingers are strong: I feel them in my hair and on my neck and down my arms and against my back. And I never want him to let me go. Tabitha Suzuma racing strong hair It's always nice being wanted. Even if it's by the wrong person. Tabitha Suzuma wrong-person nice want I want to tell her that I can't pull her down. I want to tell her that she has to let go of my hand in order to swim. I want to tell her that she must live her own life. But I sense she already knows that these options are open to her. And that she, too, has made her choice. Tabitha Suzuma letting-go order hands But then why is it so terrible for me to be with the girl I love? Everyone one is permitted to have what they want, express their love as they please, without fear of harassment, ostracism, persecution, or even the law. Even emotionally abusive, adulterous relationships are often tolerated, despite the harm they cause others. In our progressive, permissive society, all these harmful, unhealthy types of "love" are allowed--but not ours. Tabitha Suzuma girl law want Get through today – you can fall apart tomorrow. Get through tomorrow, you can fall apart the day after . . . Tabitha Suzuma falling-apart today fall But whichever form it took it brought with it, in those moments of bitter anguish, such a desperate surge of hope that it was almost untouchable, and flitted away like a golden butterfly into the bright blue sky - beautiful, unreachable and completely transistent. Tabitha Suzuma butterfly blue beautiful The sight of such aching beauty would infuse his soul with pain. Tabitha Suzuma pain soul sight You cannot undo the past; you can only learn to live with it, find some way of making peace with it, and move on. Tabitha Suzuma way past moving I would give anything to escape myself, Flynn thought, just for a day, just for a minute even. Just to know what it was like to think differently, to feel differently, and to not be me. Tabitha Suzuma minutes giving thinking And the very important fact that I'm here to worry with you and go through all of this - every little bit of it - by your side, even your worst-case-scenario, should it somehow come to that. You wouldn't be doing any of it alone.' Her voice drops and she looks down at our hands, fingers entwined, resting on her lap. 'Whatever happens, there will always be us. Tabitha Suzuma worst-case-scenario your-side hands Otherwise I'll fall apart. I'm going to fall apart. I am falling apart. Tabitha Suzuma falling-apart fall He will think Lochan wasn't loved, but he was, more deeply than most people are in a lifetime. Tabitha Suzuma lifetime people thinking The words fire from my mouth like bullets, ricocheting off the walls before I can even register what I'm saying. Tabitha Suzuma wall fire mouths Pressed up against him, I can feel the thud of his heart against mine, his ribcase expanding and contracting rapidly against my chest, the warm whisper of his breath tickling the side of my neck, the brush of his leg against my thigh. Resting my arms on his shoulders, I pull back a little to get a look at his face. But he isn't smiling any more. Tabitha Suzuma legs heart looks He is my soul mate, my fresh air, the reason I look forward to getting up every morning. Tabitha Suzuma soul air morning And this is something I must accept - even if, like acid on metal, it is slowly corroding me inside. Tabitha Suzuma metals acid accepting