What can fingerprints mean when they’re not necessarily yours?

The eternally sleeping princess, thinks Cam. But I shall free you from those poisoned brambles that surround your heart. And then you will have no choice but to love me.

The living do not see eternity, just as they don't see Everlost, but they sense both in ways that they don't even know. They don't feel the Everlost barrier set across the Mississippi River, and yet no one had ever dared to draw city boundaries that straddle both sides of its waters. The living do not see Afterlights, and yet everyone has had times when they've felt a presence near them - sometimes comforting, sometimes not - but always strong enough to make one turn around and look over one's shoulder.

Touch is a freaky thing when you're not used to it. It makes you feel all kinds of things.

We'll never be ready. So I guess that means we're as ready as we'll ever be.

What's the point of living if you're going to hate the world? Guard your heart if you have to, but don't shut it away.

Adulthood can do the most horrific things to the best of people.