Maybe I was what Leah thought she was. Some kind of dead end that shouldn’t be passed on to another generation. Or maybe it was just that my life was a big, cruel joke, and there was no escape from the punch line. -Jacob

You'd think I was shoving bamboo splinters under your nails. (Alice from Twilight)

I miss you already I don’t need to leave. I can stay. . . . Mmmm.

She reminded me of what it did to her when I left — what it still does to her when I leave. She feels horrible about bringing that up, but she’s right. I’ll never be able to make up for that, but I’ll never stop trying anyway.

Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.

I'm really glad I did not tattoo on my body 'cause I don't want them. So, permanence is a very scary thing to me, along with things that don't change at all.

I thought about that for a minute - about what I wanted.