I need to talk to Lena" There it was. I'd finally said it. The one thing that had kept me from being able to exhale all day. The thing that had made me feel like I couldn't sit down, like I couldn't stay. Like I had to get up and go somewhere, even if I had nowhere to go.

I never loved you any more than I do, right this second. And I'll never love you any less than I do, right this second.

We are given to the great, for great purpose, to great ends. We are given to the grave, for grave purposes, to grave ends.

When she slept, she looked peaceful, beautiful. Not Lena's kind of beautiful, something different. She looked content - like a sunny day, a cold glass of milk, an unopened book before you cracked the binding.

You need help, and that's what books are for.

Do you believe in love after last sight?

Darkness, real darkness, was more than just a lack of light.