the best 4 letter word in the world is Hope

After all, how many ways can one heart be mangled and still be expected to keep beating?

You’re not making my mistakes, Bella. You sound like you’re scared silly, and I’m guessing it’s because you’re afraid of me.

It was very relaxing to be away from civilization, and this bothered me. I should not have found the loneliness so welcoming.

What is a valid reason for someone to love someone else? Since apparently I’m doing it wrong.

I felt like I was trapped in one of those terrifying nightmares, the one where you have to run, run till your lungs burst, but you can't make your body move fast enough... But this was no dream, and, unlike the nightmare, I wasn't running for my life: I was racing to save something infinitely more precious. My own life meant little to me today.

Billy wanted me to stay a safe distance from the most important person in my life. It turned out that his concern was, in the end, unnecessary. I was all too safe now.