The most important thing you ever did was learn how to survive. Do not let anyone make you feel like you shouldn't have.

Where did she come from, and where can I find one?" "Picked this one up at a gas station in West Virginia, bargain price. Last one on the shelf, sorry.

But there was another, secret Ruby. This one was as thin as a wisp of air, and had struggled for so long just to be. This was the one that Liam carried with him, without knowing. The one that would ride in his back pocket, whisper words of encouragement, tell him he was born to chase the light.

Sometimes the darkness lives inside you, and sometimes it wins.

I used to dream about turning back time, about reclaiming the things I'd lost and the person I used to be.

It feels like we should do something," he said. "Like, send her off on a barge out to sea and set her on fire. Let her go out in a blaze of glory." Chubs raised an eyebrow. "It's a minivan, not a Viking.

You can destroy a factory, and they'll build another. But once you destroy a life, that's it. You never get that person back.