I'm always sure of what I do," he said. "Sometimes I was just never sure there was supposed to be a happy ending.

People shouldn't have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty.

World of words lost on the living / I take my place with the walking dead / Robbed of my voice I'm always giving / Thousands of words to this nameless dread.

The Boy should watch where he’s going,” she said. “Rachel should not manifest in doorways,” I replied.

Without turning on the light, I went to my bed and lay down, my arm thrown across the mattress, my hand aching because Grace wasn't underneath it

You're the nicest boy ever,", I told him, feeling undeserving and terrible. "You didn't have to get me anything. I like thinking about you thinking about me when I'm not around.

There was something striking about her posture; something about the tilt to her head. She was like a beautiful and lonely piece of art, lovely but unreachable.