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

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

There was no normal. There never had been. "Normal" and "natural" were the biggest lies we'd ever created.

Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.

I do not know what I can do for this world but I will not let any harm come to you

They'd branded me like some kind of animal. Lower than an animal. A number.

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