I didn't realize until those few days how much a hug meant. To have someone hold you could be the greatest medicine of all.

People with lost personalities will suffer a great deal more than those with lost virginities.

I'm scared to die," I whispered as Michael walked in. "He was scared to live," he said kissing my forehead.

You're good enough, Jacob.

Our bodies aren't strangers,' he said, his voice ragged. 'Our spirits aren't strangers'. He held her face in his hands. 'Tell me what part of me is stranger to you and I'll destroy that part of me.' And she wept to hear his words.

Phaedra shook her head. “If your people mean no offense, they should not speak their thoughts out loud in front of their children, Tesadora. Because it will be their children who come to slaughter us one day, all because of careless words passed down by their elders who meant no harm.

I recognise Santangelo's dad, who saves police brutality for when he gets to his son.