Redeeming Love

“Lord,” he said heavily. “Lord, this isn’t exactly what I had in mind.”

But he knew he was going to marry that girl anyway.

Michael couldn’t take his eyes off her. His heart beat faster and faster as she came near. He willed her to look at him, but she didn’t. He let out his breath after she passed him, not even aware that he had been holding it

This one, beloved

“We all just use each other in one way or another. To feel good. To feel bad. To feel nothing at all. The lucky ones are real good at it. Like Merrick. Like your rich papa. The rest of us just take what we can get.”

Nobody cares about anybody in this world,”

“We’ll make it through this. You’ll see, sweetheart. We will. We will.”

Nothing protected a woman from the cold hard facts.

“You’re hurting me, Alex!”

“Come away with me and be my love.”

I’m falling in love with you. Oh, God, I don’t want to, but I am. You’re becoming the air that I breathe.