Extraits

« Maddy est la femme qui me donne envie d'être un homme meilleur; elle me donne envie d'être entier et complet, pas seulement parce qu'elle mérite cette meilleure version de moi, mais parce que je le mérite. »

« Pour la première fois, je veux une fille pour plus qu'une seule nuit, pour plus que du sexe. Elle est vivante et vibrante. J'ai simplement l'impression qu'elle me voit, le vrai moi. Ça me fait sacrément peur, mais je ne peux le nier plus longtemps. »

« Love is always complicated. You can't hand your soul over to someone else without any bumps along the way. »

« — Heureux ? Tu plaisantes ? Maddy, tu es la raison pour laquelle je respire. Sans toi, ma vie n'aurait aucun sens, alors dire que tu "me rends heureux" est un putain de gros euphémisme. Tu apportes plus de bonheur dans la vie que je pensais le mériter. »

« There’s some pull, some draw between us, and I just know that he feels it. He has to…I want to dig deeper; I want to know him better. I want to learn what put the pain in his eyes. I want to soothe it. I want to share my pain with him in the hopes that he can help me wash it away, because despite his anger, I have seen compassion in his eyes, too. I’ve heard the hope in his voice. I’ve seen him laughing with his friends, and I know there is a good guy in there somewhere. »

« You deserve love. You are not broken and empty like you think you are…I know losing your parents was difficult and that, in a lot of ways, you’re still reeling from it, but it will never get better until you let it get better. You have to let them go and move on with your life. I know that you deserve to be loved…I just hope that one day you realize you deserve it – that one day you’ll be able to let love in. »

« Leaning into my ear, he whispers, “Goodbye for now, sweet Maddy. I love you. I’ll always love you, no matter what, and I will prove it to you.” His lips softly graze my cheek, and then he’s gone. He’s walking past me…His dark silhouette is illuminated by the bright sun shining through the sliding glass doors…Reid, the love of my life, has always been the darkness in search of the light…I hope for his sake, for my sake…that he can finally find it. »

« Je t'aime plus que n'importe quoi. Je remuerais ciel et terre pour te faire réaliser combien je t'aime. »

« And then there’s the impossible to ignore fact that he makes me happier than I’ve ever been in my life. I could be lame and quote some cheesy ass chick flick saying that he completes me, but that’s a load of crap. He doesn’t make me whole; he doesn’t erase the pain I’ve felt for most of my life. Being with him isn’t some cure all to everything I’ve ever dealt with, but when I’m with him, I’m me. I’m the person I have always wanted to be – fun, lighthearted, playful, flirty, sexy, seductive, and loving. He’s opened me up to the possibility of a completely different future than I ever envisioned for myself – a future that I just can’t imagine him not being a part of. »