Eva

“You are not mine to take.” He brushed his lips against mine. Softly, so softly I might have imagined them there. My eyes fluttered shut. He could persuade me to build a steamship to the moon when he kissed me. We could orbit the stars together. “You are yours to give.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Hunting Prince Dracula

“Gad, yes," said Lord Teddie. "I love you so much, my fingers hurt!”
― Heather Dixon Wallwork, Entwined

“A good parent always gives their children roots and wings. Roots to settle down, and wings to bravely go where you need to go.”
― Brian Selznick, Big Tree

“He had a heart that could have held the entire empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera