Far from a normal-functioning relationship, but normal has never been our thing.

— Anna Todd

Hardin is like a drug; each time I take the tiniest bit of him, I crave more and more. He consumes my thoughts and invades my dreams.

— Anna Todd

Her laugh, her laugh was the sound that brought him out of the darkness and into the light. Her laugh dragged him, by his damn collar, through the bullshit clouding his mind and infecting his thoughts.

— Anna Todd

I bring out the worst in you, and you bring out the best in me.

— Anna Todd

I feel as though I am ice and he is fire. We are so completely different, yet the same.

— Anna Todd

Is love always like this? Is it always so passionate, yet so damn painful?

— Anna Todd

I think back to what Landon said about heartbreak, that if you don’t love the person, they can’t break your heart. Hardin repeatedly breaks my heart, even when I don’t think there are any more pieces to break. And I love him. I love Hardin.

— Anna Todd

It was the way she looked at me the whole time. That look said more than she ever could and, in turn, scared me more than her words alone ever could.

— Anna Todd

I want him to look in the mirror and smile, not scowl. I need him to not think of himself as a monster. Furthermore, I need him to see the real him, because if he doesn’t pull himself out of the villain role, it will destroy him, and I’ll just be left with ashes. Furthermore, I just needed to get it all out because I feel like I’m drowning, and it’s hard to keep myself above water, especially when I’m fighting against the current to save him rather than myself.

— Anna Todd

My life before him was so simple and decided, now after him... It's just... After.

— Anna Todd