Quotes About Connection

Talk to me," I say. "Tell me another fairy tale. Tell me something.

I don't care. I run into his arms. Cardan's fingers dig into my back. [...] But he holds me as though I am the only solid thing in the world.

I always liked you. I should have said something, but I'm not a good person. I'm not even sure I'm a person at all." "Oh." Surprised, Charlie took his hand and folded her fingers through his. They were surprisingly solid. "You're a person. You're my person." He bent down to bring their clasped hands to his lips.

You have carried my heart in your hands tonight," he said. "But I have felt as if you have carried it long before that.

the feeling of falling in love is very like the feeling of fear.

he kisses me, sweet and raw. 'I missed you,' I whisper against his skin and feel dizzy with the intimacy of the admission, feel more naked than when he could see every inch of me. 'In the mortal world, when I thought you were my enemy, I still missed you.' 'My sweet nemesis, how glad I am that you returned.' He pulls my body against his, cradling my head against his chest.

all I want to do is walk in to his arms. I want to drown my worries in his embrace. I want him to say something totally unlike himself, about things being okay. 'Nice dress,' he says instead.

Air all around him, there was air in the water, all elements were one, fire and earth, air and water. All are but one thing, not four, not two, and not three, but one. He

Cardan's fingers dig into my back. He's trembling, and whether it is from ebbing magic or horror, I am not sure. But he holds me as though I am the only solid thing in the world.

You whom I could not save Listen to me." —CZESLAW MILOSZ, "Dedication

I spent much of my life guarding my heart. I guarded it so well that I could behave as though I didn't have one at al. Even now, it is a shabby, worm-eaten and scabrous thing. But it is yours.

Mom and Zacharov?" I shrug. "I know. It's weird, right? I'm trying really hard not to think about it." "You mean about the part that if Zacharov and Mom got married, that would make you and Lila brother and sister?

It's you I love. I spent much of my life guarding my heart. I guarded it so we'll that I could behave as though I didn't have one. Even now, it's a shabby, worm eaten, and scabrous thing. But it's yours… you probably guessed as much… but just incase you didn't

But books feel real. Surely they must seem more real to you than anyone. They can hurt you. They can break your heart.

I'll help you protect her," Sam says. "If you want to."... "Okay. Is it really that obvious I'm into her?

is the soul.

The prince opens his tawny fox eyes and looks around. When he sees me, he slumps back down, as though relieved that I am still here.

Call tried to call

He grips my shoulder. His fingers dig in the knotted muscles in a way that feels good. Brotherly.

My heart is buried with you in the strange soil of the mortal world.

He gives me a smile, a strange light in his eyes. 'If we were capable of putting mistrust aside, we might be a formidable pair.

But he holds me as though I am the only solid thing in the world.

Cardan lies on the rug with one arm propping up his head and the other slung across Jude's waist. He understands everything and nothing he sees on the screen- just as he understands everything and nothing about being here with her family. He feels like a feral cat that might bite out of habit.

If I am undressed, he will know me.