So what happened? (Maggie) Nothing major. It’s just a group of assholes out to kill me. (Wren)

Nick‘s eyes widened as a total state of befuddled huh possessed him. Was he in the Twilight Zone?

You aren’t old enough to have such regrets.” “Pain doesn’t respect age, my lady.

What a way to pay a man back for helping you. Gah, I suck as a human being.’ (Shahara)

So what’s it like to live without emotions? (Geary) It’s hard. Imagine a world without taste. A world where you can see the colors and all, but you can’t feel it. A beautiful clear day can never choke you up. A child’s laughter doesn’t make you smile. You don’t look at a bunny and think ‘how cute.’ You feel absolutely nothing. It’s like being wrapped in thick cotton all the time. (Arik)

But one thing I realized with my brother is that you can’t toss your pearls before the swine. I think that’s why my mother insisted you give anonymously. The instant anyone sees that you’re kind and giving, they immediately take advantage of it. They seem to mistake kindness for weakness and giving for stupidity. (Aiden)

Life's not about security. It's about picking up the pieces after it's all over and carrying on. We can choose to be cowards who fear letting someone inside us, and do that alone. Or we can choose to be brave and let someone stand by our side and help us.