“The only thing better than imagining Dimitri carrying me in his arms was imagining him shirtless while carrying me in his arms.”

“The image of the lighted ship sliding under the waves, while the band carried on regardless, captured the public’s imagination.”

“Let me make it clear: You don’t want his disapproval. He never forgets these things. If he needs to, he hires other people to carry his grudges for him.”

“He was beside me then, his arms wrapped around me, holding me tightly.

"I'm not crazy," I whispered.

"I know."

Believe it or not, that's the most romantic thing Zachary Goode ever told me.

And I kind of loved him for it.”

“Five hundred souls.
I carried them in my fingers, like suitcases. Or I'd throw them over my shoulder. It was only the the children I carried in my arms.”

“He caught me to him, his arms banded tight around me. His face pressed into my throat. "Where do we go from here?"
I held him. "Wherever this takes us. Together.”

“Walt Disney is one of my heroes: it’s extraordinary what one man, armed only with will and imagination, accomplished.”

“What have I done?" I whispered.
Jill put her arm around me, but it was Dimitri who spoke.
"What you had to.”

“The fiercest warriors, do not carry a sword to the battlefield; instead, they are armed with wisdom.”

“Let me go!” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp.

“I can’t,” he says.”