“Nora: i have questions. Patch: i should have known you’ve only been keeping me around for answers. Nora: well, that and your kisses. Anyone ever tell you you’re an incredible kisser?”

How did you get in?” “i move in mysterious ways.” “god moves in mysterious ways. You move like lightening-here one moment, gone the next.

I’m not good,” he said, piercing me with eyes that absorbed all light but reflected none, “but i was worse.

You’re mine, angel, and don’t you forget it. Your fights are my fights. What if something bad had happened today? It was bad enough when i thought your ghost was haunting me; i don’t think i can handle the real thing.

When it comes to reflexes, i’m like a cat. I’m catwoman. I’m invulnerable. The only reason he got a piece of me is because of the rain. Cats don’t like water. It impairs us. It’s our kryptonite.

Boys everywhere take note: that was a kiss.

You can call me patch. No really. Call me.

Whoa, who peed in your cheerios?

But if the choice i have to make comes down to you or me, i choose you. I always have. All my love, patch

There’s only one thing i know for certain anymore.” he turned, his eyes a clear black. “that i would do anything for you, even if it means going against mu instincts or my very nature. I would lay down everything i possess, even my soul, for you. If that isn’t love, it’s the best i have.

If i need romance, that’s what netflix is for.

He’s got the whole bad-boy-in-need-of-redemption thing going on, but the catch is, most bad boys don’t want redemption. They like being bad. They like the power they get from striking fear and panic into the hearts of mothers everywhere

Im not going to kill you, nora. I dont kill people who are important to me. And you top the list.

His smile was sexy and warned of trouble, but i’d made up my mind that not all trouble was bad.

That was a good fight back in the gym, he said. But i think you could benefit from a few more boxing lessons.

For someone whos made it clear that her life is superior to every other students at this school, you sure make it a habit of pursuing every facet of our boring, worthless lives.

Dont panic, i thought. But already my breathing was faster, shallower. You mean you can feel happy or sad or desire. A barely-there smile.

What God gives in answer to our prayers will always be the thing we most urgently need, and it will always be sufficient.

My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.

If you can’t answer a man’s arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.

Answers will bring you home, but questions – they’ll take you everywhere.

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions.

Sometimes your prayers aren’t answered because you’re worth more than you’re asking for.