02UndatedI miss you.I miss you. I miss you, I miss you.Be ready, because when I see you, I'll never let you go again.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
03UndatedWhat I was trying to say,” he whispered, “is that I see you in everything. There isn’t a word for you that means enough, because you’re everything to me.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
05UndatedRoar's smile widened. "I know. You missed me." She rolled her eyes. "It's barely been three weeks since I last saw you.""Miserable stretch of time." He said.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
06UndatedIn the afternoon, they stopped to eat on a rocky outcrop. Perry brushed a kiss on her cheek while she was chewing, and she learned that it was the loveliest thing to be kissed for no reason, even while chewing food. It brightened the woods, and the never sky, and everything.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
07UndatedIt's time, Perry". He let her go. She took a step back, taking in his face one last time. His green eyes. The bend in his nose and the scars on his cheek. All the tiny inperfections that made him beautiful. Without a word, she turned and made her way downhill.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
08UndatedYour voice sounds like a midnight fire. All warm and worn in and golden. I could listen to you talk forever." "I could never do that". She laughed at him. He brought his lips to her ear. "Your scent is like violets early in spring," he whispered. Then he laughed at himself because though it was true, he sounded like the worst kind of fool.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
09UndatedShe’d fallen into a deep silence once, when the sun appeared, and it was then he’d wondered most what she was thinking.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
10UndatedHis hand snapped shut over the device and then he crossed his arms. Aria stared in horror. Her Smarteye was buried in a Neanderthal’s armpit.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
11UndatedHer hand holding his for a dozen paces. His, resting on the small of her back for a moment. Touches that had no real purpose but to say I’m here and We are together still.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
12UndatedShe did it, though she hated opera. She hated everything about it. The overblown sense of drama. The violence and lewdness. No one had ever died of heartbreak in Reverie. Betrayal never led to murder. Those things didn’t happen anymore. They had the Realms now. They could experience anything without taking risks. Now, life was Better than Real.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
13UndatedWithout thinking, he reached for her hand. Tucked it against her chest, feeling that was where it should be. Perry's heart slammed against his ribs. She had to feel it.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
14UndatedHe’d pushed it back, where he’d kept the thought for weeks, but it wouldn’t stay. Wouldn’t stop. Wouldn’t let him go.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
17UndatedThen he told Perry that love was like the waves in the sea, gentle and good sometimes, rough and terrible at others, but that it was endless and stronger than the sky and the earth and everything in between.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
18UndatedDoubters don't mean a damn thing. I doubt it'll rain tomorrow, but that doesn't mean I control the rain. What I think has no bearing on what is. The wise ask questions, Perry. The weak doubt.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
19UndatedI was trying to help... The more I try to catch up, the farther I fall behind.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
20UndatedA good dream was something you clung to until the last moment before waking.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
21UndatedI don't want to play; I want to win. But if you give me the rules, I'll take it from there.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
23UndatedShe'd survived the outside. She'd survived the Aether and cannibals and wolves. She knew how to love now, and how to let go. Whatever came next, she would survive it, tooVeronica Rossi / quote ↗
24UndatedAnd it's always better, isn't it, when you discover answers on your own?Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
