"No, a man who doesn't eat sweets doesn't know how to to be sweet, in my experience anyway. And I don't mean the superficial fake sweet. I mean the real, deep sweet."

“It's weird how I can feel so empty, so scared, but so full at the same time. Like I'm back in my own body. Like no matter what's about to happen, at least it's happening to the real me. The one I can respect." -Amber”

"Sometimes I still forget to look for the gentler parts of her. For so long all I saw was the strength, standing out like the wiry muscles in her arms or the black ink marking her collarbone with flight."