Children in the abstract, had never appealed to me. They seemed to be loud creatures, often dripping some form of goo.

Dream happy dreams. You are the only one who has ever touched my heart. It will always be yours. Sleep,my only love.

He wished he hadn't pulled me from the path of Tyler's van - there was no other conclusion I could come to.

Sister, they send you out for one and you bring back two... and a half. Such a clever girl.

No, I had never intentionally caused anyone physical pain, but I had hurt Ian deeply enough just by hurting myself. Human lives were so impossibly tangled. What a mess.

Could a dead, frozen heart beat again? It felt like mine was about to.

How old are you?” “Seventeen,” he answered promptly. “And how long have you been seventeen?” His lips twitched as he stared at the road. “A while,” he admitted at last.