You went up a girl and came down a woman.

Faith with proof is no faith at all.

And it hurts her, but it's an okay hurt, but it hurts still, but it's good, but it hurts.

We can save the world," I say, trying to smile. "You and me.

And I look at her sitting there and she looks across the river and we wait as the dawn fully arrives, each of us knowing. Each of us knowing the other.

"Stories don't always have happy endings." This stopped him. Because they didn't, did they? That's one thing the monster had definitely taught him. Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.

Stories are important...They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.