Remember in elementary school you were told that in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file from smallest to tallest? What is the logic in that? What, do tall people burn slower?

This was the Darker Life, where every truth was written backward.

Even when love isn't enough...somehow it is.

and so will the world end, I think, a victim of love rather than hate. For love's ever been the more destructive weapon, sure.

I have an idea of how the book will finish up, but it very rarely finishes up the way that I think it's going to.

Sometimes a man and a woman reach a crossroads and linger there, reluctant to take either way, knowing the wrong choice will mean the end... and knowing there’s so much worth saving.

She couldn't be on his wavelength all the time. That's all. When you could recognize that and deal with it, you were on your way to an adult relationship.