Couples take care of each other, Clare, that's what makes them a couple. And couples tell each other when something happens that scares them.

“Sometimes, she thought, you had to go with your instincts, with your cravings. …”

“He was one of the many toads you have to go through to find the prince.”

“With their hands still joined, he laid them on her stomach. "I love you," he mu…”

“My mother says happy ever after's a bunch of bull.”