The thing about hope is that it doesn't go away even when it serves no purpose.

and I've always known it, the way I love a song I hear for the first time, even before I know all the words, the way I love my favorite color, and the way that the train would speed past my bedroom when it was very quiet and I'd feel it in my stomach rushing through me. I love you in a way that I've never felt needed to be said.

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

I can hear my brother's voice in my head. Your problem is that you're too emotional. But how can I not be emotional, Rowan? How can I not care?

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

It doesn't matter how much his mother loves him; love is not enough to keep any of us alive.

A party in the orange grove. The pain on Linden's face is immediate. I am unwavering. He has cost me more pain than I will ever be able to repay.