There have been plenty of chances to close my eyes and go back to the sleep of my life as it was, but I hadn't taken any of them. Do I wish now that I had? It's hard to answer that question, as the wraiths move closer.

When you're young it's easy to confuse passion for love.

Denial: my family heritage. If you don't ask the questions, the truth will never inconvenience you.

There have been plenty of chances to close my eyes and go back to the sleep of my life as it was, but I hadn't taken any of them. Do I wish now that I had? It's hard to answer that question, as the wraiths move closer.

Everyone always talks about how well mothers know their children. No one ever seems to notice how well children know their mothers.

In the end, I cared about him so much that I just thought he deserved someone who loved him more than I did.

People who stay in the same town with the same friends for their entire lives never get a chance to find out who they can really be, because they will always be considered as who they were.