It's like the piano and the cello are being poured into my body, the same way the IV and blood transfusions are. And the memories of my life as it was, and the flashes of it as it might be, are coming so fast and furious. I feel like I can no longer keep up with them but they keep coming and everything is colliding, until I cannot take anymore. Until I cannot be like this a second longer.

This is myself, baby. All of my selves. I own each and every one of them. I know who I'm pretending to be and who I am." The look he gives me is withering. "Do you?

First you inspect me Then you dissect me Then you reject me I wait for the day That you'll resurrect me "Animate

In that twisted incestuous way of fate, Mia's a part of our history, and we're among the shards of her legacy.

A thousand suns rise from my chest.

The truth and its opposite are flip sides of the same coin.

And yes, it was a high school romance, but it was still the kind of romance where I thought we were trying to find a way to make it forever.