“Monsters dont get happy endings.”

“I laugh as an unfamiliar feeling envelops me. I think it might be happiness.”

“I think about the way Baz teased me earlier, how he wanted to know what it felt like to have someone who would do anything for me. Maybe it sounds comforting to know there is a person out there who...”

“Jesse stirs again. This time his fingers twitch. As much as I want to see him open his eyes, I cant be here for that. Itll make leaving him too hard. I turn toward the doorway and Im outside in the...”

“I remember a time when all I wanted was a gun and to learn how to use it. I thought a gun would make me feel safe. I thought a gun would make me feel powerful. But right now I just feel . . . heavy...”

“How do you make me smile when it seems like theres nothing in the whole world to smile about?”

“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”

“If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.”

“Fear and doubt are major stampeders.”

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”

“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”

“Fear is all in the mind”

“What bothered me the most was the hesitation in his voice when he said that like he was running out of time.”

“Hesitating, I stood in the doorway to the room holding the proof of my sin.”

“Killing someone is different in practice than it is in theory. There are factors you cant prepare for, feelings in the moment where youll question everything you thought you knew about yourself, ot...”