And a face above mine, white and beautiful, eyes as large as the moon. You saved me. A hand on my cheek, cool and dry. Why did you save me? Words welling up on a tide: No, the opposite. Eyes the colour of a dawn sky, a crown of blond hair, so bright and white and blinding I could swear it was a halo.

I think of Grace and feel a sharp pain in my chest.

Love is the only thing in the world worth having. You must never loose it or give it away. We must never let them take it from us.

...into hate, into refusal, against hope and without fear

I am growing stronger. I am a stone being excavated by the slow passage of water; I am wood charred by a fire.

Most of the time one night blends into the next and weeks blend into weeks and months into other months. And sooner or later we all die. But at the beginning of the night anything’s possible.

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.