He looked up and I realised how close we were, both of us leaning in together. I blinked a few times, suddenly light-headed, but not like before when I’d passed out. Being so close to...

History isn’t all fact–it’s just the story the victors tell to keep themselves in power. And it’s been a slow revision. The more time passes, the easier it becomes to reinvent the past.

It means that two people start loving each other. I guess because it can feel really sudden and because it’s powerful. Like gravity–an unstoppable force.

If we don’t fight, we’ve already lost. Without hope, without trying, there’s no point.

Beauty, happiness, they’re things so big they can’t capture them with their scientific words. It’s like what they used to call magic.

Having something to fight for will make us stronger than anything they can throw at us.

I think it’s contentment. Where you have everything you ever wanted, all together in one place. It’s quieter than excitement, but, […] maybe it’s better.

My whole body sank forward into his arms. His lips moved against mine, exploring my mouth so gently. I tried to mimic his movements–slowly, uncertainly, until I didn’t have to think about it at all....

That you exist this way, Zoe, you’re the ultimate proof that we can be so much more than just the sum of our parts and knee-jerk impulses. Something about you just could not be controlled,...

His lips ever so gently touched mine, and suddenly I felt everything stirring inside me grow wings, let loose, and fly.

We stood, holding each other’s faces, memorising every last detail. I was deperate with my own need to capture this last, lingering moment, desperate to forget the horrible sink at the pit of my stomach...

There was something else I couldn’t quite define–something that made me uneasy. We were a wrong fit, like unmatching puzzle pieces.

I loved you before I even knew the name for it. Everyday I’d sit beside you, inhaling your scent, looking at your beautiful face. Every night, dreaming about you. You eclipsed everything else. It was...

Being with him made me want to make my own dreams, discover my own path. I was my best self when I was with him.

Don’t you understand? I want to spend my life with you. I want you to be there when I go to bed at night and when I wake up in the morning.

I wanted color. I wanted to soar with happiness even if it meant dealing with the weight of fear and guilt, too. I wanted to live.

He pulled me closer until his lips breathed me in, until we were sharing one breath.

Everything was so much sharper without the Link fogging me–sights, sounds, smells. It was exhilarating and shocking and terrifying. I knew my emotions had grown too strong. They were dangerous to the Community. They were...