This is the strange way of the world, that people who simply want to love are instead forced to become warriors.

anything, anything is possible, if you can just see the sky.

But from the beginning, I knew that in a world where destiny was dead, I was destined, forever, to love him. Even though he didn't - though he couldn't - ever love me back.

They say that the cure for love will make me happy and safe forever. And I’ve always believed them. Until now. Now everything has changed. Now, I’d rather be infected with love for the tiniest sliver of a second than live a hundred years smothered by a lie

only when it rains. and sometimes, too, when i remember.

As soon as I look up, his eyes click onto my face. The breath whooshes out of my body and everything freezes for a second, as though I’m looking at him through my camera lens, zoomed in all the way, the world pausing for that tiny span of time between the opening and closing of the shutter.

Fear. Blame. Don't forget. Mom. I love you. -Lauren Oliver, Delerium