Sometimes, there isn't any way to compromise." - Eclipse, page 607

I wanted myself. I wouldn't let what was mine be destroyed.

You look tired." "Yeah," I agreed, and shrugged. "Near-death experiences do that to me . . .

I didn't want to be the monster! I didn't want to kill this room full of harmless children! I didn't want to lose everything I'd gained in a lifetime of sacrifice and denial!

Sometimes I wondered if I was seeing the same things through my eyes that the rest of the world was seeing through theirs. Maybe there was a glitch in my brain.

Does it bother you, me being half naked all the time?

Love, life, meaning...over.