I start trying to stay unconscious. The problem with this is that no amount of willpower can change the reality.

Once upon a time there were two parents, two children, and a brick house with lilies in the yard. The parents died, the lilies wilted. One child disappeared. Then the other." Pg 225

We'll squeeze every second that we can from our lives, because we're young, and we have plenty of years to grow. We'll grow until we're braver. We'll grow until our bones ache and our skin wrinkles and our hair goes white, and until our hearts decide, at last, that it's time to stop.

Momentum,' She repeats. 'You can't just stand there if you want something to fly. You have to run.

Gabriel's voice can reach me anywhere. Even in a hurricane.

I can almost see what Gabriel meant when he asked, 'What has the free world got that you can’t get here?' Almost. Freedom, Gabriel. That’s what you can’t get here.

I want to make the world into something better so that he can be okay.