You can’t undo something that’s happened; you can’t take back a word that’s already been said out loud.

But if you seek forgiveness, doesn't that automatically mean you cannot be a monster? By definition, doesn't that desperation make you human again?

Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you were never quite the same as you'd been before the fall.

In my family, we seem to have a tortured history of not saying what we ought to and not meaning what we do.

if i have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over - only living with the mistakes you've made. but then, caleb taught me long ago you can't build anything without some sort of foundation. maybe we learn to live our lives by understanding, firsthand, how not to live them.

Life isn't nearly as stable as we want it to be.

You can't be real," Delilah murmurs. "Says who?" I ask. "Did you really think that a story exists only when you're reading it?