When you truly start to care about someone you become vulnerable to all sorts of things.
Neal ShustermanWhen it comes to such open-heart reflection, I'm a firm believer in the observer effect, which states that anything you try to observe is automatically changed by the mere fact that you're looking at it. The way I see it, if you try to study your emotions on a microscopic level, the best you can do is understand how it feels to hold the magnifying glass.
Neal ShustermanPerhaps, thought Talon, there was a path in between. A way to shed their ignorance without losing their souls.
Neal Shusterman