I looked at him and he looked at me. A moment. A choice. My choice. His choice.

Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.

I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.

Nothing’s worse than a story without an end.

I don't know. I just want you with me. I had never said those words aloud. Now that I could taste my freedom I wanted him to share it with me. But he couldn't change his life for me. And I couldn't sacrifice my life to be with him

I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, Im afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me more freedom. It just seemed like I belonged there.

There are certain things in life that you never forget. Things that dig deep, things that nest in the hadal zone.