He cries. 'Please! I don't want to die.' I lean over. My hair smothers him. 'Then you should never have been born,' I say.

The seconds tick. They always do. The power of an entire sun cannot stop them even for a moment, and so death comes between the moments, like a thief of light in the dark.

Don’t be afraid, be terrified

Sleep is not on good terms with broken hearts. It will have nothing to do with them.

They are all I have left—the stars and the memory of the many times I wished upon them. But with all those wishes, I asked for only one thing. To see him again. But I will not see him again. I do not see him now.

The physics are simple in theory, but in practice they are filled with the possibility for limitless error.

Don't simply knock and wait for the door to be opened. Go look for the keys. Some fit the lock better than others.