Because she was seventeen, and still alive, against thousands of years' worth of odds.Because she knew enough to fear what the future would bring.

how hard you worked for what you wanted. how cruelly fate betrayed you in the end.

The best part was now. That was what she would take with her from her journeys through the ages: He was worth everything to her and she was worth everything to him. The only way to experience that deep level of their love was to enter each new moment together, as if time were made of clouds. And if it came down to it these next nine days, Luce knew that she and Daniel would risk everything for their love.

Luce and Daniel fell in love for the first- and the last- time

Silence is what causes most of humanity's problems

Fear is the only way to greet the devil.

How many lives do you need to live before you fine someone worth dying for?