The absence of him is everywhere I look.

You are safe inside your mind. No one can reach you there.

It's strong, Ian. The way she feels about you is something else. She loves this world, but so much of the reason she couldn't leave was really you. She thinks of you as her anchor. You gave her a reason to finally stay in one place after a lifetime of wandering.

I think she's having hysterics. Maybe you should slap her.

Strange world isn't it?

Here in the trees it was much easier to believe the absurdities that embarrassed me indoors. Nothing had changed in this forest for thousands of years, and all the myths and legends of a hundred different lands seemed much more likely in this green haze than they had in my clear-cut bedroom. Bella Swan Stephenie Meyer

After eighteen years of being utterly ordinary, I finally found that I can shine" -Bella Swan <3