Fight for the only thing she knew was good enough, noble enough, powerful enough to be worth risking everything... Love.

Daniel! Luce said. He looks-Different and also precisely the same? Bill asked.Yes.That's his soul you recognize. Regardless of how you two may look on the outside, you'll alwaysknow each other's souls.It hadn't occurred to Luce until now how remarkable it was that she recognized Daniel in every life.Her soul found his. That's ... beautiful.

I get to live forever," he repeated. Luce was still lost, but he kept talking, a stream of words pouring out of his mouth. "I get to live, and to watch babies being born, and grow up, and fall in love. I watch them have babies of their own and grow old. I watch them die. I am condemned, Luce, to watch it all over again and again. Everyone but you." His eyes were glassy. His voice dropped to a whisper. "You don't get to fall in love--" "But...," she whispered back. "I've...fallen in love.

This was weird. The thing that could have driven two friends instantly apart was actually drawing them closer together.

Cam: She is so lovely when she sleeps. Daniel: Is that why you wanted her to sleep for all eternity?

People who are chronically tardy never understand the many ways in which they screw up the schedules of people who are punctual and 'normal'.

Luce didn't know how to pull away from Cam.