I am her monster, and she is mine.

Is that love, do you think?" he asks, sounding genuinely curious. "Being crazy about someone no matter how much they hurt you?

Beauty is wherever you find it, and Beast is there when you need to defend it.

Love doesn't want people to stay ignorant and frightened. Love doesn't value obedience over all else. Love doesn't judge and find some lives--or loves--more valuable than others. Love doesn't use people and throw them away. Love stays, and makes you stronger, even when the person you love is gone.

Soul-mated pairs are becoming an endangered species.

We're soul mates," he says. "We are forever. Our kind of love cannot be destroyed.