I wanted to punch him and understand him at the same time.

Sometimes battles are unavoidable.

Among my stillness was a pounding heart.

I don’t need today anyway.

I knew why love was always described with eternity. A single minute stretched out for lifetimes.

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

Luthicer hummed. “You’re either brave or very foolish.” “What’s the difference?” (Eric)

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...

You are afraid that she will change.

…the truth was more powerful than a lie could ever be (Eric)

She affected me, even when she was absent.

I thought that love at first sight was something that was only in cheesy movies and romantic novels until that moment.

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.

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

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.

I wanted to protect her, and, if I couldn’t do that, I’d at least be there for her. (Eric)

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

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

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

When I first met him, he was everything I wanted to be, but over time, he showed me how I wanted to be myself, and that was how I fell in love with him.

Damn the way he had control over me.

The number of people that reside on our side will be the determination for a good result. Or a terrible one.

I wasn’t sure what was worse: being oblivious or living within reality. (Eric)

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.

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

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

No one wanted to die with secrets in their grave.

Our love was a river, always changing under the mercy of nature’s elements, but we continued to flow, even when we trickled.

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

Sometimes an outside perspective is the clearer perspective.

Fate was a reality, but it wasn’t a beautiful or angelic thing. It was a heart-wrenching nightmare. And we’d fallen blindly into it. We had no escape. It was happening, and it was up to...

War makes animals of men, and we can’t let that happen to us. If we do, we won’t have any chance of survival.

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

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 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...

Differences disappear when faced with death.

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...

The closer he was the less confident I was.

I don’t believe that,” I said, and he raised his brow beneath his shaggy hair. “I never asked you to.” (Jessica)

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

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

I was a person full of wishes but without a star.

I wanted to survive—not for my kind, but for trust, for friendship, for another being. (Eric)

My problem stemmed from not forgiving myself.

The feeling of death is not as peaceful as they make it sound in movies and books. It was frightening and empty…I never want to feel it again.

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...

He was acting like our kiss had broken him, and his reaction was breaking me.

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.

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...