I've done it all before, I tell myself, and I can do it again. Trust is the strongest weapon.

He gathers me up and I'm weightless before he sets me on the railing. He's the only thing keeping me from falling back, out of the reach of daylight. I'm not afraid of falling. I don't fear the sky beyond the train tracks like I did before. I can go anywhere just so long as it's with him.

Fate, I think, is a thief.

I lost everyone I loved," I tell him. I wait for him to look at me, and then I add, "The day I met you.

A strange thing, words. Once they're said, it's hard to imagine they're untrue.

Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.

Tell freedom I said hello.' 'If I happen to see it, I will.