I have come from the End of the World.... From the River of Dreams, through the gauntlet and the Briar and the Deep Wyld, in order to stand before you today. I have but one request - to take my place at your side. To resume my duty as your knight, and to protect you and your kingdom for as long as I draw breath.
I learned that love can transcend race and time, and that it can be beautiful and perfect and worth fighting for but also fragile and heart breaking, and some times sacrifice is necessary. That some times it’s you against the world, and there are no easy answers. That you have to know when to hold on…and when to let go. And even if that love comes back, you could discover some thing in some one else who has been there all along.
"Alex, I don't want to date you. I don't want you to be my girlfriend. I don't want us to be together for just a little while. I want you forever. I want us to look at each other, and say we love each other, and decide to be together forever. Alex...I want to spend our lives together. If we ever decided we want to have kids, I want it to be me and you."
Have you ever noticed how pretty and beautiful words can be? How easy it is to say the things you think someone wants to hear. How can you affect a person's entire day with just a few measly sentences? But when you don't follow up with any action, they're completely pointless. They're just sounds and syllables.But they mean absolutely nothing.
Connor: I'll explain everything later. You told me I only had to open my heart. Do you remember? Brenna: I remember. Connor: You were asking me to love you, weren't you? I should have told you then. Brenna: Tell me what? Connor: That I love you. Brenna: No, you only want... Connor: I love you. I know you love me. Why didn't you tell me? Were you afraid? Brenna: I didn't tell you how I felt because I knew you didn't love me. yes, I was afraid, but you weren't afraid, were you? Connor: Yes, I was. Brenna, you scared the hell out of me. If I love you, I became vulnerable. What would happen to me if you died? And then it was too late. I couldn't protect myslef from you, but once I realized i loved you, I felt reborn inside. One of us will surely die before the other, but the memories will sustain the one left behind. You know what? Brenna: What? Connor: I'm never going to let you go. I know you deserve far more than I can ever give you. It doesn't matter, though. You're mine.
"I need you more, Anastasia. These last few days have been purgatory. All my instincts tell me to let you go, tell me I don't deserve you. Those photos the boy took...I can see how he sees you. You look so untroubled and beautiful, not that you're not beautiful now, but here you sit. I see your pain. It's hard knowing that I'm the one who has made you feel this way. But I'm a selfish man. I've wanted you since you fell into my office. You are exquisite, honest, warm, strong, witty, beguilingly innocent; the list is endless. I am in awe of you. I want you, and the thought of anyone else having you is like a knife twisting in my dark soul."
"Men think that anything that comes out of a woman's mouth is a problem to be solved. Not some vague idea that we'd like to kick around and talk about for a while and then forget. Men prefer action."
"Childhood romances always seem so real, so enduring, when we are separated from the object of our affection. But usually, when we return, we find that our dreams and memories quite surpassed reality."
