Telling Sam and Daneca feels like peeling off my own skin to expose everything underneath. It hurts.

Sometimes,” Sam says, “I can’t tell when you’re lying.” “I never lie,” I lie.

I love you, you see...and I fear I have no way to say or show it that isn't terrible, except coming here. I would kill everyone in the world for you, if you wanted.......Or not obviously

You sure you want to cross me?" In that moment she's her father's daughter.

I'm not very good at explaining things," she said. "But I think you have beautiful eyes. I love the gold in them. I love that they're different from my eyes- I see mine all the time and I'm bored with them.

Every hero is the villain of his own story.

Everything was strange and beautiful and swollen with possibilities.