I saw something I could never forget. I saw lifetimes of acknowledgement, fear, wisdom, questioning, and understanding in a child’s eye. It was the worst thing I would ever witness.

Fate was tricky like that. It consumed us when we thought we were free, and it freed us when we thought we were captured.

I couldn’t help but feel as if everyone had lied about everything. We all had secrets. We all had a dark side to our innocent cover. I wondered what we would be like, if we had been completely honest with each other in the first place. Maybe more people would be alive, but then again,...

It’s not the best life in the world, but it’s all I know.

Tell me, how do get away from your own self?” she questioned. I knew what she meant with a sickening realization. They knew what I was. Somehow, they had found out my only secret.

I leaned against the desk, ran my hand over my father’s paperwork, and picked up a pen. Turning around, I shoved it into my father’s hand. “What’s this?” he asked, raising a brow. “You’ll need it to sign my death certificate,” I said, pain vibrating my veins against my muscles and bones. “Are we done...

He’s been through so much and to watch that boy suffer makes me wish this world wasn’t so cruel.

I’m not mad. I already told you that. We all have mistakes in our past…and our future. It’s a fact of life.

I don’t need today anyway.

What fueled this hatred? Society.

War?’ The word held too much definition for three letters.

I wouldn’t be who I am today if it wasn’t for the people I had met and the people I had lost.

With the smell so close, the ocean came into view only a few moments later, sometimes peeking between old brick buildings with bright blue eyes, other times peering for a lingering moment like long lost relatives seeing one another for the first time.

She was strong and stubborn but loving. She was an untouchable angel with a devil’s mark. She was beautiful.

Bad bloods aren’t born evil or dangerous. We are taught to be, but only because we have to if we want to survive.

The rules of life are nothing that cannot be fixed.

Either way, one should love their children, shouldn’t they? After all, children are only duplicates of your own genes. What did these children ever ask for? They wanted love, family, and support. But WE kicked them out onto streets like animals just because WE, as adults, were scared of a situation WE weren’t used to.

I remembered every moment between us, and every moment felt more precious as time passed.

Anyone could be anybody. (Eric)

My life wasn’t horrible, but I didn’t see any passionate reason to love it.

Someone who doesn’t know if tomorrow will come would rather live every day twice than live it once.

Differences disappear when faced with death.

I liked this rich lifestyle, but I loved the poor lifestyle better. The less money people had, the less greedy they seemed to be. The people who lived around our flocks seemed to always love everyone around them. Even though they aren’t always happy and can’t always afford the bills, they are still glad to...

It’s going to be okay, Eric,” Urte said, helping me sit up. I shook my head. “Lying is my forte, Urte, not yours.” (Eric.)

You are afraid that she will change.

She affected me, even when she was absent.

His hands fell to my hips, and his fingers dug through my rain-drenched clothes.

My problem stemmed from not forgiving myself.

I didn’t even have a name for her, shade or human, but I didn’t need one to know her. (Eric)

…it’s my job to lead you to success, and, if you fail, it’s because I failed, not you.’” (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric)

I’d prefer you accuse my son, so he can defend his innocence rather than prolong unnecessary guilt.” (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric)

I knew nothing of death, and, for some unexplainable reason, I was beginning to feel guilty for that. -Jessica

Don’t trust anybody else—no matter how close you are to them.” (Eric)

Identity was everything, but it seemed I never had one. (Jessica)

Just because I wasn’t human, didn’t mean I could discount human life. (Eric)

Without this flock, I would be worthless. Without the people in this flock, I’d be empty. Without the people who started this flock, I’d be dead.

The dark, twisting clouds that had settled over Vendona’s streets seemed to open up and glide past the winking moon. The wind moaned slowly as it died while the trees began dancing with a melody only known to nature. The city became alive, and time raced forward as the sky warmed slightly. It was no...

I leaned out one last time and caught a snowflake on my tongue. They tasted so good, so pure and so divine, like nothing I had ever tasted from the sky. It was as if happiness spread through your body with the cold, but then disappeared and brought depression, all in less then two seconds....

We couldn’t change anything, and in times of war, people become helpless and vulnerable.

I live within my daydreams and nightmares; through that, I have learned to create, and I never cease from doing so.

Until they feel what we feel, they will never fully understand the own hell they caused.

Damn the way he had control over me.

Depends on who wins, I guess.

Instead of a criminal or a drug addict, I was looking at a boy—just a boy.

I would only blame myself if something happened to you.

Being a child sucked. Being a teenager was worse. And being an adult seemed so far away that I had a better chance at swimming the length of the ocean than growing up.

I thought of all the hardships and people that I had lost in the past few days alone, but, most of all, I thought of how I didn’t regret any of it.

Love crosses the sky on a peculiar disturbing night.

I wasn’t in the mood for a fight, but fights weren’t always conveniently scheduled. (Jessica)

My insanity begged for a distraction. (Eric)