Sometimes it seems to me that that’s all my life has been, a series of things that I loved deeply that I could never have.

This is the way the world ends; not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door.

When you told me you loved me," Lily's eyes widened when she looked at Lux, "You saved the world.

the way it always did.

During our session, I told Tove about how I'd done mind-speak on Duncan, but it only worked when I was irritated. Using that logic,Tove spent most of the morning trying to irritate me into using it. Sometimes it worked, but most of the time I just got pointlessly annoyed.

It's not my fault everybody wants me

Who was that?” I whispered, as if the walls could hear me. They were lined with pictures, a few of which I recognized as being painted by master painters. “Rhys.” “Yeah, I know but… is he my brother?” I asked. I had already decided that he was foxy, so I really hoped that he wasn‟t.