There is more to living than not dying," he said. "Look at the way you live Will. You burn as bright as a star.

How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of the sun." Jem still had his eyes closed. "If they mean it gives you a headache, they aren't wrong.

We spoke of how to say good-bye,” Jem said. “When Jonathan bid farewell to David, he said, ‘Go in peace, for as much as we have sworn, both of us, saying the Lord be between me and thee, forever.’ They did not see each other again, but they did not forget. So it will be with us. When I am Brother Zachariah, when I no longer see the world with my human eyes, I will still be in some part the Jem you knew, and I will see you with the eyes of my heart.

I feel a sense of responsibility," said Jordan. "And where is this feeling located? In your pants, perhaps?

Whoever loves you now—and you must also love yourself—will love the truth of you.

"What are you doing here anyway?" "'Here' as in your bedroom or 'here' as in the great spiritual question of our purpose here on this planet?"

I tell myself he's better than he makes himself out to be, but, Tessa, what if he isn't?