i thought i 'd try and persuade him otherwise . ' `` but there are things about me that you could n't possibly understand and i would n't want you to . she had such ties with the desert , like i do , that i think sometimes i could have been her . i glanced down the hall to katies room . `` i wish all of my days belonged to you , '' he whispered against her lips . well then , id have thought that it would be right up your street . 