A photo says, you were happy, and I wanted to catch that. A photo says, you were so important to me that I put down everything else to come watch.

That's what love is. It's some power greater than you and me, that draws us to one special person

There's no way to explain to a child that the line between good and evil isn't nearly as black and white as a fairy tale would lead you to believe. That an ordinary person can turn into a villain, under the right circumstances. That sometimes we dragon slayers do things we aren't proud of.

How do you know that you are not part of a book? That someone's not reading your story right now?

Into the silence rips a sound that makes me let go of Max's hand and cover my ears. It is like the strafe of a bullet, nails on a chalkboard, promises being broken. It's a note I have never heard - this chord of pure pain - and it takes a moment to realize it is coming from me.

It does'nt matter who forgives you, if you're the one who can't forget.

I, um, I have this problem. I broke up with my boyfriend, you see. And I'm pretty upset about it, so I wanted to talk to my best friend. [...] The thing is, they're both you.