Bella

“Maybe the point of I love you is that it is a tether. A connection so you can find your way back to someone even when shit seems huge and unmanageable on your own. A promise to help just because you care about someone, a promise to help that doesn’t mean pulling away.”
― Roan Parrish, In the Middle of Somewhere

“Feel so much better when you’re around,” I tell him. “’S not fair you get to be with you all the time.”
― Roan Parrish, In the Middle of Somewhere

“Don’t you know? Don’t you know how crazy I am about you?” My hands fist in his shirt and I stare into his eyes, blinking slowly. I guess I did know, but I never imagined he might say it. He cradles my neck in his hand, thumb stroking my nape. “I—I love you so much.” He says it quietly, but it’s like a bomb going off.”
― Roan Parrish, In the Middle of Somewhere

“I didn’t plan this, but her lips shape the welcome I’ve been waiting for my whole life, her arms are the anchor I need, her body is my home.”
― Robin York, Deeper