“He gives my hand a tight squeeze, but that desperation, that urgency between us is gone. No insecurities. Max and Fang. Fang and Max. No longer a question. We just are.”

“Max: "Fang! This is a huge break! Of course we should go check it out!"
Fang: "But we're grounded."
Max and Fang: (stare at each other for a second and burst out laughing)”

“Fang: When do I get out of here?
Max: They say a week.
Fang: So, like, tomorrow?
Max: That's what I'm thinking.”

“I choose you, Max. -Fang”

“What happened to your tan?"--Fang
"It was dirt." --Max”

“Fang felt a cold jolt, then dismissed it. Max wasn’t dead. He would know, somehow. He would have felt it. The world still felt the same to him; therefore, Max was still in it.”

“I love you Max,"Fang said…"God, Max I love you so much."
I know. I thought. I've always known”

“Don't ever leave me again." -Max
I won't. I won't not ever." -Fang”

“Jeb climbed the ladder Fang had just lowered and I indulged in a moments fantasy about someone slamming the trapdoor on his head.”-max”

“When are you going to trust me Max?" asked Fang.
"When I go completely bonkers," I laughed.”